| 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 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) |