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artery

 [ahr´ter-e]
a vessel through which the blood passes away from the heart to various parts of the body. The wall of an artery consists typically of an outer coat (tunica adventitia), a middle coat (tunica media), and an inner coat (tunica intima).
 Representation of arterial coats: A, tunica intima; B, internal elastic lamina; C, tunica media; D, external elastic lamina; E, tunica externa. From Dorland's, 2000.
For names of specific arteries, see anatomic Table of Arteries in Appendices. See also Plate 8.
end artery one that undergoes progressive branching without development of channels connecting with other arteries.
nutrient artery any artery that supplies the marrow, or medulla, of a long bone.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

nu·tri·ent ar·ter·y

[TA]
an artery of variable origin that supplies the medullary cavity of a long bone.
Synonym(s): arteria nutricia [TA], nutrient vessel
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nu·tri·ent ar·te·ry

(nū'trē-ĕnt ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]
An artery of variable origin that supplies the medullary cavity of a long bone.
Synonym(s): arteria nutricia [TA] , nutrient vessel.
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The clinical significance of the nutrient artery. Orthop Review 1993; 22: 557-61.
Morphological and Topographical Anatomy of Nutrient Foramen in The Lower Limb Long Bones/Alt Ekstremite Uzun Kemiklerinde Foramen Nutricium'larin Morfolojik ve Topografk Anatomisi
The nutrient artery runs away from the growing end as the growing bone might pull and rupture the artery.
An analytical study of number, position, size and direction of nutrient foramina of femur
In the pelvis it supplies piriformis and obturator internus muscles and a nutrient artery to the ilium.
Absence of inferior gluteal artery: a rare observation/ausencia de la arteria glutea inferior: una rara observacion
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