innominate artery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of innominate artery
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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The innominate artery is the largest and passes upward and to the right, to the root of the neck, where it divides into the right common carotid and the right subclavian.
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Right Subclavian.—The innominate artery divides into the right subclavian and right carotid exactly behind the sterno-clavicular articulation.
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The edge grazed against the sheath of the innominate artery during the operation.
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Sometimes, especially among the Ungulata, all the branches may rise from one common trunk; at other times two innominate arteries may be present; this is commonest in the Cheiroptera, Insectivora and Cetacea.
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