circumflex arteries

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• Circumflex scapular artery — Artery: Circumflex scapular artery The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Scapular circumflex visible at center.) …   Wikipedia

• circumflex artery — n any of several paired curving arteries: as a) either of two arteries that branch from the deep femoral artery or from the femoral artery itself: (1) LATERAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY (2) MEDIAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY b) either of two… …   Medical dictionary

• Circumflex — Cir cum*flex, a. [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Curved circularly; applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• circumflex iliac artery — n either of two arteries arching anteriorly near the inguinal ligament: a) an artery lying internal to the iliac crest and arising from the external iliac artery b) a more superficially located artery that is a branch of the femoral artery …   Medical dictionary

• Circumflex branch of left coronary artery — Artery: Circumflex branch of left coronary artery Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Circumflex branch not visible, but would be near the coronary sinus.) …   Wikipedia

• Circumflex fibular artery — Artery: Circumflex fibular artery Major arteries of the leg posterior view. (Circumflex fibular artery is not labeled, but region is visible.) Latin ramus circumflexus fibularis arteriae tibialis posterioris …   Wikipedia

• circumflex artery — noun any of several paired curving arteries • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel • Hyponyms: ↑circumflex artery of the thigh, ↑arteria circumflexa femoris, ↑circumflex humeral artery, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Arteries, coronary — The vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood rich in oxygen. They are called the coronary arteries because they encircle the heart in the manner of a crown. The word coronary comes from the Latin corona and Greek koron meaning crown. Like… …   Medical dictionary

• circumflex vein — noun any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name • Syn: ↑vena circumflexa • Hypernyms: ↑vein, ↑vena, ↑venous blood vessel • Hyponyms: ↑circumflex iliac vein, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• circumflex femoral vein — noun either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh • Syn: ↑vena circumflexus femoris • Hypernyms: ↑circumflex vein, ↑vena circumflexa …   Useful english dictionary

• circumflex iliac artery — noun an artery that supplies the lower abdominal walls and skin and the sartorius muscle • Syn: ↑arteria circumflexa ilium • Hypernyms: ↑circumflex artery * * * noun : either of two arteries arching anteriorly near Poupart s ligament: a. : an… …   Useful english dictionary