ULNAR ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ulnar artery mean? 

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

1. large artery that branches from the brachial artery to supply the muscles of the forearm and wrist and hand

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULNAR ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large artery that branches from the brachial artery to supply the muscles of the forearm and wrist and hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ulnaris; ulnar artery

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

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

 Context examples 

Either of three arteries including the common interosseous artery which arises from the ulnar artery and bifurcates into the anterior and posterior interosseous arteries.

(Interosseous Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

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)