| arteria mesenterica inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, abdominal aorta; branches, left colic, sigmoid, superior rectal; anastomoses, middle colic and middle rectal. Synonym: arteria mesenterica inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arteria mesenterica superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, abdominal aorta; branches, inferior pancreaticoduodenal, jejunal, ileal, ileocolic, appendicular, right colic, middle colic; anastomoses, superior pancreaticoduodenal and left colic. Synonym: arteria mesenterica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria metacarpea dorsalis | <anatomy, artery> One of four arteries taking origin from the dorsal carpal arch and running on the posterior aspect of the interosseous muscles of the hand. Synonym: arteria metacarpea dorsalis, dorsal interosseous artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria metacarpea palmaris | <anatomy, artery> One of the three arteries springing from the deep palmar arch and running in the three medial interosseous spaces; they anastomose with the common palmar and dorsal metacarpal arteries. Synonym: arteria metacarpea palmaris, palmar interosseous artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria metatarsae | <anatomy, artery> One of four dorsal or four plantar arteries coursing in relation to the metatarsal bones, each dividing distally into a medial and a lateral digital artery, serving the dorsal or plantar aspects of adjacent sides of two toes. See: dorsal metatarsal artery, plantar metatarsal artery. Synonym: arteria metatarsae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria metatarsea dorsalis | <anatomy, artery> One of four arteries arising from the dorsalis pedis (I) and arcuate (II-IV) arteries and running on the dorsum of the interosseous muscles of the foot. Synonym: arteria metatarsea dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria metatarsea plantaris | <anatomy, artery> One of four branches of the plantar arterial arch that divide into plantar digital arteries to supply the toes. Synonym: arteria metatarsea plantaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria musculophrenica | <anatomy, artery> Origin, the lateral terminal branch of internal thoracic; distribution, diaphragm and intercostal muscles; anastomoses, branches of pericardiacophrenic, inferior phrenic, and posterior intercostal arteries. Synonym: arteria musculophrenica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria nasalis posterior septi | A branch of the sphenopalatine artery that supplies the nasal septum and accompanies the nasopalatine nerve. Synonym: arteria nasalis posterior septi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria nasi externa | An alternate term for dorsal nasal artery. Arteria nervorum, arteries to nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria nutricia | <anatomy, artery> An artery of variable origin that supplies the medullary cavity of a long bone. Synonym: arteria nutricia, nutrient vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria nutriens fibulae | Origin, peroneal (fibular); distribution, fibula. Synonym: arteria nutriens fibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria nutriens tibialis | 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) |
| arteria obturatoria | <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) |
| arteria obturatoria accessoria | <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) |