CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circumflex artery mean? 

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

1. any of several paired curving arteries

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several paired curving arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circumflex artery"):

arteria circumflexa femoris; circumflex artery of the thigh (an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles)

arteria circumflexa humeri; circumflex humeral artery (an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles)

arteria circumflexa ilium; circumflex iliac artery (an artery that supplies the lower abdominal walls and skin and the sartorius muscle)

arteria circumflexa scapulae; circumflex scapular artery (an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area)

 Context examples 

A coronary artery that arises from the aorta and bifurcates into the left anterior descending artery and the left circumflex artery.

(Left Coronary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

In an individual with a left-dominant heart, this branch arises from the circumflex artery atrioventricular groove continuation and supplies the inferior apex of the heart.

(Left Posterolateral Descending Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The segment of the left circumflex artery between the first and second marginal branches.

(Mid-Circumflex Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The posterior descending artery (PDA) and posterolateral artery (PLA) arises from the left circumflex artery.

(Left Cardiac Artery Dominance, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The first artery arising from the left circumflex artery that supplies the lateral wall, when counted from proximal to distal.

(First Obtuse Marginal Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The segment of the left circumflex artery that is between the second and third obtuse marginal branches.

(Distal Circumflex Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

In an individual with a left-dominant heart, this is the first branch that arises from the circumflex artery atrioventricular groove continuation when counted from proximal to distal.

(First Left Posterolateral Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The segment of the left circumflex artery that is distal to the third marginal branch, located in the atrioventricular groove.

(Circumflex Artery AV Groove Continuation Artery, NCI Thesaurus)