A blood test in which a syringe is used to draw a small blood sample from an artery.

plural of arterial blood gas

(anatomy) One of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs.

(anatomy) A paired artery of the upper thorax which passes beneath the clavicle and mainly supplies the upper limb, and continues as the axillary artery at the lateral border of the first rib.

(physiology) An artery in the human abdomen that supplies blood to the adrenal glands.

(anatomy, cardiology) An artery arising from aorta.

(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.

plural of coronary artery