Definition of Arterial blood

1. Noun. Blood found in arteries. "Except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen"

Generic synonyms: Blood

Medical Definition of Arterial blood

1. Blood that is oxygenated in the lungs, found in the left chambers of the heart and in the arteries, and relatively bright red. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arterial Blood

arteriae pontis
arteriae renis
arteriae sigmoideae
arteriae suprarenales superiores
arteriae thalamostriatae anterolaterales
arteriae thymicae
arteriae ventriculares
arterial
arterial arcades
arterial arch of lower eyelid
arterial arch of upper eyelid
arterial arches of colon
arterial arches of ileum
arterial arches of jejunum
arterial blood (current term)
arterial blood gas
arterial blood gases
arterial blood vessel
arterial bulb
arterial canal
arterial capillary
arterial circle of cerebrum
arterial cone
arterial duct
arterial flap
arterial forceps
arterial grooves
arterial hyperaemia

Literary usage of Arterial blood

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1847)
"The change from venous to arterial blood, which takes place on the ... What now are the relations between venous and arterial blood and oxygen gas! ..."

2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"As it leaves the right ventricle it is venous blood of a dark purple or maroon colour; when it falls into the left auricle it is arterial blood of a bright ..."

3. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"I AHE conditions determining the circulation rate, that is, the -*- volume of the arterial blood stream, present a problem of extraordinary significance. ..."

4. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"THE OXYGEN TENSION OF arterial blood. By JOHN HALDANE, MA, MD, Lecturer in Physiology, University of Oxford, Grocers' Company Research Scholar; ..."

5. Respiration by John Scott Haldane (1922)
"As a consequence, the arterial blood pressure would either tend to fall too much to secure ... Excessive rise of arterial blood pressure is guarded against, ..."

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