Arteries

Arteries

Any of the muscular elastic tubes that form a branching system and that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.

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common hepatic artery

Anatomy; Arteries

In anatomy, the common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus (a part of the stomach), duodenum (a part of the small intestine) and pancreas.

malpighian corpuscle

Anatomy; Arteries

A mass of arterial capillaries enveloped in a capsule and attached to a tubule in the kidney. Also called Malpighian body or renal corpuscle.

ventricular fibrillation

Anatomy; Allergies and allergens

An erratic, disorganized firing of impulses from the ventricles. The ventricles quiver and are unable to contract or pump blood to the body. This is a medical emergency that must be treated with ...

temporal artery

Anatomy; Arteries

Any one of three arteries on each side of the head: the superficial temporal artery, the middle temporal artery, and the deep temporal artery. An artery with origin in the superficial temporal ...

The hippocampus (via Latin from Greek ἱππόκαμπος, "seahorse") is a major component of the brain of humans and other vertebrates. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the ...