apical vein
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Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… … Medical dictionary
Apical lymph nodes — Infobox Lymph Name = PAGENAME Latin = nodi lymphoidei axillares apicales GraySubject = 178 GrayPage = 700 Caption = Lymphatics of the mamma, and the axillary glands. (Subclavicular group labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = 2. Axillary lymphatic… … Wikipedia
apical cross vein — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A cross vein near the apex of the wing … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
segmental vein apical — vena apicalis … 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
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
vena apicalis — [TA] apical vein: a vein draining the apical segment of the superior lobe of the right lung and emptying into the right superior pulmonary vein; called also ramus apicalis venae pulmonalis dextrae superioris [TA alternative] and apical segmental… … Medical dictionary
vena — SYN: vein. [L.] v. advehens, pl.venae advehentes collective term for a series of branching channels in the early embryo receiving blood from the umbilical and/or vitelline venous systems and passing the mixed blood to the sinusoids of the live … Medical dictionary
coleopteran — /koh lee op teuhr euhn, kol ee /, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the order Coleoptera. n. 2. a beetle. [1840 50; COLEOPTER(A) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils … Universalium
segment — 1. A section; a part of an organ or other structure delimited naturally, artificially, or by invagination from the remainder. SYN: segmentum [TA]. SEE ALSO: metamere. 2. A territory of an organ having independent function, supply, or drainage. 3 … Medical dictionary
