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Definition of Arteries
1. artery [n] - See also: artery
Medical Definition of Arteries
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteries
Literary usage of Arteries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"THE arteries are cylindrical tubular vessels which serve to convey blood from
... The distribution of the systemic arteries is like a highly ramified tree, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"The Functions of the Muscles and Nerves of the arteries. ... Senac was the first
to suggest that the arteries through their muscles serve not only to widen ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1891)
"The arteries of the cortex of the brain are not terminal arteries; ... The cortical
arteries of the cerebrum anastomose with the cortical arteries of the ..."
4. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"The normal general blood pressure, and therefore the normal flow of blood, is in
fact dependent on the ' general tone ' of the minute arteries. ..."
5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"THE arteries. T'HE distribution of the systematic arteries is like a highly ...
arteries are found in all parts of the body, except in the hairs, nails, ..."
6. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"The arteries which secrete the fat about the kidneys are sometimes so called.
... Red blood is so called because contained in the arteries. ..."
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