| BVS | blanked ventricular sense |
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| CRVF | congestive right ventricular failure |
| CVH | cerebroventricular hemorrhage; cervicovaginal hood; combined ventricular hypertrophy; common variabl... |
| DVR | digital vascular reactivity; Doctor of Veterinary Radiology; double valve replacement; double ventri... |
| EVD | external ventricular drainage; extravascular [lung] density |
| umbilical arteries | Either of a pair of arteries originating from the internal iliac artery and passing through the umbilical cord to carry blood from the foetus to the placenta. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| lateral malleolar arteries | Lateral malleolar branches of peroneal artery. Synonym: rami malleolares laterales, arteriae malleolares posteriores laterales, posterior peroneal arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral splanchnic arteries | Artery's that arise in the embryo from the dorsal aorta to supply the mesonephros, testis or ovary, and adrenal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral striate arteries | Numerous small branches from the sphenoidal part of the middle cerebral arteries supplying the lateral and anterior parts of the corpus striatum. Synonym: arteriae centrales anterolaterales, arteriae thalamostriatae anterolaterales, anterolateral central arteries, anterolateral striate arteries, anterolateral thalamostriate arteries, arteries of cerebral haemorrhage, lenticulostriate arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lenticulostriate arteries | Any one of a variety of small artery's entering the base of the brain through the anterior perforated substance and supplying the striatum, globus pallidus, and internal capsule; most of these perforating arteries are branches of the M1 segment (clinical terminology) of the middle cerebral and and (rarely) of the anterior choroidal artery. Synonym: Charcot's arteries, lateral striate arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lowest lumbar arteries | Origin, middle sacral; distribution, sacrum and iliac muscle; anastomosis, deep circumflex iliac artery. Synonym: arteriae lumbales imae. (05 Mar 2000) |