| aberrant obturator artery | See: pubic branch of inferior epigastric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| aberrant artery | Artery having an unusual origin or course. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| accessory obturator artery | <anatomy, artery> Term applied to the anastomosis of pubic branch of the inferior epigastric artery with the pubic branch of the obturator artery when it contributes a significant supply through the obturator canal. Synonym: arteria obturatoria accessoria, ramus obturatorius arteriae epigastricae inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of obturator artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch of obturator artery giving rise to acetabular branch and supplying muscles attached to ischium. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae obturatoriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic branch of obturator artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch arising from the obturator artery just prior to its pasage through the obturator canal; the branch passes superiorly on the posterior aspect of the pubis. Anastomosis: with contralateral partner and pubic branche of inferior epigastric artery. See: accessory obturator artery, pubic branch of inferior epigastric artery. Synonym: ramus pubicus arteriae obturatoriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obturator artery | <anatomy, artery> Anastomoses, iliolumbar, inferior epigastric, medial circumflex femoral; origin, anterior division of the internal iliac; distribution, ilium, pubis, obturator and adductor muscles; branches, pubic, acetabular, anterior, and posterior. Synonym: arteria obturatoria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant | Wandering or deviating from the usual or normal course. Origin: L. Aberrans (18 Nov 1997) |
| aberrant bile ducts | Small duct's occasionally present in the ligaments of the liver or originating from the surface of the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant bundles | A group, or groups, of fibres from the corticobulbar or corticonuclear tract, directed to each of the motor nuclei of cranial nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant complex | An anomalous electrocardiographic complex, more specifically an abnormal ventricular complex caused by abnormal intraventricular conduction of a supraventricular impulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant ducts | The superior or inferior diverticula of the epididymis. Synonym: ductuli aberrantes, aberrant ducts, ductus aberrantes, vasa aberrantes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant ductules | The superior or inferior diverticula of the epididymis. Synonym: ductuli aberrantes, aberrant ducts, ductus aberrantes, vasa aberrantes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant ganglion | A collection of nerve cells sometimes found on a posterior spinal nerve root between the spinal ganglion and the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant goiter | Enlargement of a supernumerary thyroid gland. Synonym: struma aberrata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant haemoglobin | A mutant Hb that functions abnormally. Compare: variant haemoglobin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant regeneration | Misdirected regrowth of nerve fibres seen for example, after oculomotor nerve injury. Synonym: misdirection phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |