- postcostal anastomosis
- a longitudinal linkage of the seven highest intersegmental arteries in the embryo that gives rise to the vertebral artery.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
postcostal anastomosis
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Anastomosis — The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally occurring or artificially constructed and be created during the process of embryonic development or by surgery, trauma or pathological… … Medical dictionary
