| inguinal branches of external pudendal arteries | Branches to the inguinal region which may arise as branches of external pudendal arteries or as direct branches of the femoral artery. Supply skin and subcutaneous tissues, including inguinal lymph nodes. Synonym: rami inguinales arteriae pudendae externae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| internal nasal branches | Branches to nasal cavity. Internal nasal branches of 1) infraorbital nerve (rami nasales interni nervi infraorbitalis ); 2) nasociliary nerve (rami nasales interni nervi ethmoidalis anterioris ). Synonym: rami nasales interni. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal branches | Branches to the oesophagus. Synonym: rami oesophageales, rami oesophagei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal branches of the inferior thyroid artery | <anatomy, artery> Distribution: upper one-quarter of oesophagus; anastomosis: oesophageal branches of thoracic aorta. Synonym: rami oesophageales arteriae thyroideae inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal branches of the left gastric artery | <anatomy, artery> Ascends through oesophageal hiatus of diaphragm to supply lowermost (cardiac) oesophagus; anastomosis: oesophageal branches of thoracic aorta. Synonym: rami oesophageales arteriae gastricae sinistrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal branches of the recurrent laryngeal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Supply motor and sensory fibres to cervical oesophagus on right side and to cervical and upper thoracic oesophagus on left. Synonym: rami oesophagei nervi laryngei recurrentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal branches of the thoracic aorta | Branches arising directly from the anterior aspect of the portion of the thoracic aorta adjacent to the oesophagus, by which most of the oesophagus is supplied. Synonym: rami oesophageales aortae thoracicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal branches of the vagus nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Includes both branches passing directly from vagi and the branches from the recurrent laryngeal nerves that form the oesophageal nerve plexus which surrounds oesophagus, supplying it and adjacent portions of the pericardium. Synonym: rami oesophagei nervi vagi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| omental branches | Branches to the greater omentum; epiploic branches arise from the left and right gastroepiploic arteries (rami omentales arteriae gastro-omentalis sinistrae et dextrae ) opposite the gastric branches (rami gastrici ) along the greater curvature of the stomach. Synonym: rami omentales, omental branches, rami epiploicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic cardiac branches of vagus nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Branches of vagus nerve to the cardiac plexus which branch from the vagi at thoracic levels, conducting presynpatic parasympathetic fibres to, and reflex afferent fibres from, the cardiac plexus. Synonym: rami cardiaci thoracici nervi vagi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thymic branches of internal thoracic artery | <anatomy, artery> See: mediastinal branches of internal thoracic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheal branches | Branches to the trachea. Nomina Anatomica lists tracheal branches of 1) inferior thyroid artery (rami tracheales arteriae thyroideae inferioris ); and 2) recurrent laryngeal nerve (rami tracheales nervi laryngei recurrentis ). Synonym: rami tracheales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transverse branches | Branches which run transversly. Nomina Anatomica lists transverse branches of 1) lateral femoral circumflex artery (ramus transversus arteriae circumflexae femoris lateralis ); and 2) medial femoral circumflex artery (ramus transversus arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis ). Synonym: ramus transversus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epiploic branches | Branches to the greater omentum; epiploic branches arise from the left and right gastroepiploic arteries (rami omentales arteriae gastro-omentalis sinistrae et dextrae ) opposite the gastric branches (rami gastrici ) along the greater curvature of the stomach. Synonym: rami omentales, omental branches, rami epiploicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| joint branches | Branches distributed to joints. Almost any vessel related to a joint will supply articular rami. Most joints receive articular branches from the intramuscular branches of the motor nerves innervating the muscles crossing the joint (see Hilton's law). at this printing, Nomina Anatomica, however, specifically recognises only the articular branches of the descending genicular artery, ramus articulares arteriae descendentis genicularis; supplying the knee joint. Synonym: rami articulares, joint branches. (05 Mar 2000) |