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
communicable disease
communicable disease control
communicably
communicans
communicant
communicants
communicate
communicated
communicatee
communicatees
communicates
communicating
communicating artery
communicating artery
communicating branch (current term)
communicating branches of auriculotemporal nerve to facial nerve
communicating branches of lingual nerve to hypoglossal nerve
communicating branches of spinal nerves
communicating branches of sympathetic trunk
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

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