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CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several paired curving arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("circumflex artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circumflex artery"):

arteria circumflexa femoris; circumflex artery of the thigh (an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles)

arteria circumflexa humeri; circumflex humeral artery (an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles)

arteria circumflexa ilium; circumflex iliac artery (an artery that supplies the lower abdominal walls and skin and the sartorius muscle)

arteria circumflexa scapulae; circumflex scapular artery (an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area)

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