| nutrient artery | <anatomy, artery> An artery of variable origin that supplies the medullary cavity of a long bone. Synonym: arteria nutricia, nutrient vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nutrient artery of femur | One of two artery's, superior and inferior, arising from the first and third perforating arteries respectively (sometimes second and fourth). (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient artery of fibula | Origin, peroneal (fibular); distribution, fibula. Synonym: arteria nutriens fibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient artery of the tibia | Artery derived from the upper part of the posterior tibial artery; it enters through the nutrient foramen on the posterior surface of the tibia. Synonym: arteria nutriens tibialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient | 1. Nourishing, affording nutriment. 2. A nutritious substance, food or a component of food. Origin: L. Nutriens (18 Nov 1997) |
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| nutrient agar | A simple solid medium containing beef extract, peptone, agar, and water; used for growing many common heterotrophic bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient arteries of humerus | Origin, deep brachial; distribution, the medullary cavity of the humerus. Synonym: arteriae nutriciae humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient canal | A canal in the shaft of a long bone or in other locations in irregular bones through which the nutrient artery enters a bone. Synonym: canalis nutricius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient enema | A rectal injection of predigested food. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient foramen | The external opening of the nutrient canal in a bone. Synonym: foramen nutricium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient medium | A substance, either solid or liquid, used for the cultivation, isolation, identification, or storage of microorganisms. Synonym: growth medium, medium, nutrient medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient vessel | <anatomy, artery> An artery of variable origin that supplies the medullary cavity of a long bone. Synonym: arteria nutricia, nutrient vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trace nutrient | Essential dietary elements required only in small quantities. They are present in the body in amounts less than .005% of body weight. (12 Dec 1998) |
| excito-nutrient | <physiology> Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anastomotic branch of middle meningeal artery to lacrimal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the middle meningeal artery arising in the cranial cavity which runs anteriorly through the superior orbital fissure to anastomose with the lacrimal artery. See: orbital branch of middle meningeal artery. Synonym: ramus anastomoticus arteriae meningeae mediae cum lacrimali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbott's artery | <anatomy, artery> An anomalous artery arising from the posteromedial proximal descending aorta, important during coarctation repair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant artery | Artery having an unusual origin or course. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant obturator artery | See: pubic branch of inferior epigastric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory meningeal branch of middle meningeal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of either the middle meningeal or maxillary artery in the infratemporal fossa and passing superiorly through the foramen ovale to supply the trigeminal ganglion, dura mater and inner table of bone. Synonym: ramus meningeus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediae. (05 Mar 2000) |