Medical Definition of Communicating branch

1. A bundle of nerve fibres passing from one named nerve to join another. The term "communicating branch" is used in the nervous system to replace the inadequate "anastomosing branch" used for vascular systems. Synonym: ramus communicans. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Communicating Branch

communicable disease control
communicable scale
communicableness
communicably
communicans
communicant
communicants
communicated
communicatee
communicatees
communicates
communicateth
communicating
communicating artery
communicating branch (current term)
communicating branch of chorda tympani to lingual nerve
communicating branch of facial nerve with glossopharyngeal nerve
communicating branch of facial nerve with tympanic plexus
communicating branch of glossopharyngeal nerve with auricular branch of vagus nerve
communicating branch of lacrimal nerve with zygomatic nerve
communicating branch of median nerve with ulnar nerve
communicating branch of otic ganglion to auriculotemporal nerve
communicating branch of otic ganglion to chorda tympani
communicating branch of otic ganglion with medial pterygoid nerve
communicating branch of otic ganglion with meningeal branch of mandibular nerve
communicating branch of peroneal artery
communicating branch of superior laryngeal nerve with recurrent laryngeal nerve
communicating branches of auriculotemporal nerve to facial nerve
communicating branches of lingual nerve to hypoglossal nerve

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