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RADIAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radial artery mean? 

RADIAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun RADIAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palmplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


RADIAL ARTERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria radialis; radial artery

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

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


 Context examples 


It arises from the radial artery and forms an anastomosis with the ulnar anterior carpal artery.

(Anterior Carpal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An arched blood vessel arising from the terminal portion of the radial artery and the ulnar artery located on the bases of the metacarpal bones.

(Deep Palmar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)



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