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Definition of Axillary artery
1. Noun. The part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below.
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Group relationships: Armpit, Axilla, Axillary Cavity, Axillary Fossa
Medical Definition of Axillary artery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Axillary Artery
Literary usage of Axillary artery
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 axillary artery and vein, with the brachial plexus of nerves, extend obliquely
along the outer boundary of the axillary space, from its apex to its base ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"X.—Case of Aneurism of the axillary artery. ... 1863, from the Lincoln Hospital,
Washington, with an aneurism of the right axillary artery, the result of a ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The dissector should now thoroughly clean the distal parts of the axillary artery
and vein ; the medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm, which lies in the ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The branches of the axillary artery vary considerably in different subjects. ...
Sometimes the axillary artery divides into the radial and ulnar arteries, ..."
5. The Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"... which this leads to in wounds of the axillary artery is too obvious to need
any further explanation. II. OF THE axillary artery. ..."
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