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Artery - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Artery : (noun)
1: a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
[syn: arteria, arterial blood vessel]
2: a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Artery : \Ar"ter*y\, n.; pl. Arteries. [L. arteria windpipe,
artery, Gr. ?.]
1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] ``Under the artery, or
windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach.'' --Holland.
2. (Anat.) 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, and are connected with
them by capillaries.
Note: In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain
arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle
of the heart through the aorta. See Aorta. The
pulmonary artery conveys the venous blood from the
right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized
blood is returned through the pulmonary veins.
3. Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of
communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Artery : Artery: A vessel that carries blood high in hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of hemoglobin (oxyhemoglobin) is what makes arterial blood look bright red.
Arteries are part of the circulatory system . ("Efferent" from the Latin "ex", out _ "ferre", to bear = to bear out or carry away. What the arteries are carrying away is blood from the heart.)
By contrast, a afferent wing of the circulatory system which returns blood to the heart.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Artery |
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NamMyohRengeKyo: @GlobalJuk :: Yes!! I just love the placement of it!! Its kinda dangerous tho because of it being so close to that main Artery! |
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divaxtra: The onset of this life threatening arrhythmia n most cases is extensive coronary Artery disease; MI(heart attack) does not always occur |
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greeneyes730: I took my olive branch back... Gonna turn it into a weapon to poke him in an Artery with.. I now feel better.. I set it free... Phew |
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