| splanchnic circulation | The circulation of blood through the vessels supplying the abdominal viscera. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| systemic circulation | The circulation of blood through the arteries, capillaries, and veins of the general system, from the left ventricle to the right atrium. Synonym: greater circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thebesian circulation | The system of smaller veins in the myocardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embryonic circulation | The basic plan of the circulation of a young mammalian embryo, at first similar to that in aquatic forms, with an unpartitioned heart and conspicuous aortic arches in the branchial region; as gestation progresses, the arrangement of the major blood vessels gradually approaches that of an adult, but the routing of blood through the heart, characteristic of an adult, cannot be attained until lung breathing begins at birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enterohepatic circulation | Recycling through liver by excretion in bile, reabsorption from intestines into portal circulation, passage back into liver, and re-excretion in bile. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extracorporeal circulation | Diversion of blood flow through a circuit located outside the body but continuous with the bodily circulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| uteroplacental circulation | The circulation of blood through the uterus and placenta. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lesser circulation | The circulation of blood through the lungs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| liver circulation | The circulation of blood through the vessels of the liver. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lymph circulation | The slow passage of lymph through the lymphatic vessels and glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| baseline foetal heart rate | <paediatrics> The average heart rate for a particular foetus during the diastolic phase of uterine contractions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| baseline variability of foetal heart rate | The beat-to-beat changes in foetal heart rate as recorded on a graph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rate, foetal mortality | The ratio of foetal deaths divided by the sum of the births (the live births + the foetal deaths) in that year. In the united states, the foetal mortality rate plummeted from 19.2 per 1,000 births in 1950 to 9.2 per 1,000 births in 1980. (12 Dec 1998) |
| marked foetal bradycardia | A foetal heart rate less than 100 beats per minute. (05 Mar 2000) |
| version, foetal | The manual conversion of or changing of the polarity of the foetus with reference to the mother. (12 Dec 1998) |