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inferior dental artery — n INFERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY … Medical dictionary
dental artery — n any of the several small arteries (as the inferior alveolar artery) derived from the maxillary artery that supply the teeth and adjacent parts … Medical dictionary
Inferior alveolar artery — Artery: Inferior alveolar artery Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Inferior alveolar labeled at bottom center.) … Wikipedia
Dental alveolus — Alveola of the second premolar tooth in a bovine maxillary bone. Latin alveolus dentalis Gray s … Wikipedia
inferior alveolar artery — n a branch of the maxillary artery that is distributed to the mucous membrane of the mouth and through the mandibular canal to the teeth of the lower jaw called also inferior dental artery, mandibular artery … Medical dictionary
Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
arteria alveolaris inferior — [TA] inferior alveolar artery: origin, maxillary artery; branches, dental, peridental, mental, and mylohyoid rami; distribution, lower jaw, lower lip, and chin. Called also inferior dental artery and mandibular artery … Medical dictionary
Ramus — In anatomy, a branch, such as a branch of a blood vessel or nerve. For example, the ramus acetabularis arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis is the branch of an artery that goes to the socket of the hip joint. The plural of ramus is rami. * * *… … Medical dictionary
branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery … Medical dictionary
plexus — A network or interjoining of nerves and blood vessel s or of lymphatic vessels. [L. a braid] abdominal aortic (nervous) p. [TA] an autonomic p. surrounding the abdominal aorta, directly continuous with the thoracic aortic p. superiorly and … Medical dictionary
