| ABIMCE | American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination |
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| APDIM | Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine |
| ASAIO | American Society for Artificial Internal Organs |
| ASIF | Association for Study of Internal Fixation |
| ASIM | American Society of Internal Medicine |
| ascending cervical artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, usually a terminal branch of the thyrocervical trunk (along with interior thyroid artery); distribution, muscles of neck and spinal cord; anastomoses, branches of vertebral, occipital, ascending pharyngeal, and deep cervical. Synonym: arteria cervicalis ascendens, cervicalis ascendens. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ascending palatine artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, facial; distribution, lateral walls of pharynx, tonsils, auditory tubes, and soft palate; anastomoses, tonsillar branch of facial, dorsal lingual, and descending palatine. Synonym: arteria palatina ascendens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ascending pharyngeal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, external carotid; distribution, wall of pharynx and soft palate, posterior cranial fossa. Synonym: arteria pharyngea ascendens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlantic part of vertebral artery | <anatomy, artery> Suboccipital part of vertebral artery. See: vertebral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular branch of occipital artery | <anatomy, artery> Distribution, posterior auricle; anastomosis, posterior auricular artery. Synonym: ramus auricularis arteriae occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axillary artery | <anatomy, artery> The continuation of the subclavian artery; it distributes over the upper limb, axilla, chest and shoulder. (12 Dec 1998) |
| azygos artery of vagina | One of two artery's that run longitudinally in the midline on the anterior and posterior aspects of the vagina; they take origin from the uterine artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basal part of pulmonary artery | <anatomy, artery> See: right pulmonary artery, left pulmonary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar artery | <anatomy, artery> Supplies the pons and gives rise to the vertebral arteries, Provides branches to the cerebrum and cerebellum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| brachial artery | <anatomy, artery> The artery that runs from the shoulder down to the elbow. (12 Dec 1998) |
| buccal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, maxillary; distribution, buccinator muscle, skin, and mucous membrane of cheek; anastomoses, buccal branch of facial. Synonym: arteria buccalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcarine artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch of medial occipital artery which runs in relationship to the calcarine sulcus. Synonym: ramus calcarinus arteriae occipitalis medialis, arteria calcarina, calcarine artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcarine branch of medial occipital artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch of medial occipital artery which runs in relationship to the calcarine sulcus. Synonym: ramus calcarinus arteriae occipitalis medialis, arteria calcarina, calcarine artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| callosomarginal artery | <anatomy, artery> The second branch of the pericallosal artery running in the cingulate sulcus and sending branches to supply part of the medial and superolateral surfaces of the cerebral hemisphere. Synonym: arteria callosomarginalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular branches of renal artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches arising from the renal artery outside of the kidney that are distributed to the renal capsule. Synonym: rami capsulares arteriae renalis. (05 Mar 2000) |