AXILLARY ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does axillary artery mean? 

• AXILLARY ARTERY (noun)
  The noun AXILLARY ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. the part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below

  Familiarity information: AXILLARY ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AXILLARY ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria axillaris; axillary artery

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

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

Holonyms ("axillary artery" is a part of...):

armpit; axilla; axillary cavity; axillary fossa (the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder)

 Context examples 

The continuation of the axillary artery; it branches into the radial and ulnar arteries.

(Brachial Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An artery originating at the axillary artery and branching into the radial and ulnar arteries.

(Brachial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the axillary artery.

(Axillary Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the axillary artery that supplies the mammary gland and chest muscles.

(Lateral Thoracic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An axillary artery branch with distribution to the humeral head and biceps muscle.

(Anterior Circumflex Artery, NCI Thesaurus)