(anatomy) Synonym of carotid.

(anatomy) The artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.

(medicine, human anatomy) The main artery of the lateral aspect of the forearm that is one of the two branches of the brachial artery and enters the wrist on the side of the thumb.

(anatomy) The largest anterior segmental medullary artery in humans, typically arising from a left posterior intercostal artery, which branches from the aorta and supplies the lower two thirds of the spinal cord via the anterior spinal artery.

(anatomy) The brachiocephalic artery.

An artery of the mediastinum that supplies blood to the right arm and the head and neck.

(anatomy) An artery that is the only supply of oxygenated blood to a tissue or organ

(anatomy) Any of the arteries supplying the cerebral cortex.

(anatomy) An artery supplying the deep structures of the face (as the nasal cavities, palate, tonsils, and pharynx) and sending a branch to the meninges of the brain.

(anatomy) Any of three arteries in the brain that form parts of the circle of Willis.