Look up: Artery

1. artery
   [n] - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body 2. [n] - a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
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2. Artery
   An artery is a blood vessel in which blood flows from the heart to part of the rest of the body. The main artery from the lower left ventricle of the heart is the aorta. The tubes from the lower right of the heart to the lungs are also called arteries. Compare Vein.
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3. Artery
   Type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. The vessel walls of an artery are thick and muscular, which means they are able to withstand the high pressure of blood coming from the heart.
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4. artery
   a large blood vessel that carries blood with oxygen from the heart to all parts of the body.
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5. Artery
   Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
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6. Artery
   Blood vessels carrying blood away from the heart, eventually dividing into arterioles.
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7. Artery
   A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
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8. Artery
   a large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to tissues and organs in the body
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9. Artery
   Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
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10. Artery
    A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
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11. Artery
    high pressure blood vessel taking blood from the heart towards the tissues
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12. Artery
    A vessel carrying blood from the heart to different parts of the body.
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13. Artery
    Artery: A vessel that carries blood 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 hemoglobin (oxyhemoglobin) is what makes arterial blood lo...
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14. artery
    tubular vessel which conveys blood from the heart to the various parts of the body Category: Medicine
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15. artery
    Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart; walls have smooth muscle and are innervated by the sympathetic nervous system.
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16. Artery
    Ar'ter·y noun ; plural Arteries [ Latin arteria windpipe, artery, Greek ....] 1. The trachea or windpipe. [ Obsolete] 'Under the artery , or windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach.' Holland. 2. (A...
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17. artery
    <anatomy, artery> Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart, walls have smooth muscle and are innervated by the sympathetic nervous system. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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18. artery
    arteria noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
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19. artery
    (ahr´tә-re) a vessel through which the blood passes away from the heart to various parts of the body. The wall of an artery consists typically of an outer coat (tunica adventitia), a middle coat (tunica media), and an inner coat (tunica intima). Representation of arterial coa...
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20. Artery
    • (n.) Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce. • (n.) The trachea or windpipe. • (n.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, an...
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21. artery
    in human physiology, any of the vessels that, with one exception, carry oxygenated blood and nourishment from the heart to the tissues of the body. ... [16 related articles]
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22. Artery
    Vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the body. The major arteries of the heart are called the coronary arteries. (Read about 'The Heart & Cardiovascular System' 'Vascular System: Arteries and Veins')
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23. artery
    artery, blood vessel that conveys blood away from the heart. Except for the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs, arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues. The largest arterial trunk is the aorta, branches of which divide and subdivide i...
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24. Artery
    A large blood vessel that takes blood from the heart to other parts of the body.
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25. Artery
    Arteries are muscular and elastic-walled vessels that form a network to carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to all parts of the body. Smaller branches called arterioles extend from the arteries and connect to even smaller branches called metarterioles which deliver the blood to the capillaries. T...
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