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Definition of Arcuate artery

1. Noun. Curved artery in the foot.

Medical Definition of Arcuate artery

1. Origin, dorsalis pedis; branches, passes laterally dorsal to the bases of the metatarsals, giving rise to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th dorsal metatarsal arteries at the level of the medial cuneiform bone. Synonym: arteria arcuata. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcuate Artery

Literary usage of Arcuate artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The arcuate artery (a. arcuata; metatarsal artery) arises a little anterior to the lateral tarsal artery; ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"Along the course of each arcuate artery peripheral (centrifugal) and radial (centripetal) branches arise. The peripheral branches nourish the peripheral ..."

3. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The arcuate artery (a. arcuata; metatarsal artery) arises a little anterior to the lateral tarsal artery; it passes lateralward, over the bases of the ..."

4. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"... r, interlobular vein; i/, renal arch (arcuate artery above and arcuate vein below) ; /", interlobar vein ; f, interlobar artery; h, medulla; ..."

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