collateral vessel

vessel /ves·sel/ (ves´'l) any channel for carrying a fluid, such as blood or lymph.

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blood vessel  one of the vessels conveying the blood, comprising arteries, capillaries, and veins.

chyliferous vessel  lacteal (2).

collateral vessel 

1. a vessel that parallels another vessel, nerve, or other structure.

2. a vessel important in establishing and maintaining a collateral circulation.

great vessels  the large vessels entering the heart, including the aorta, the pulmonary arteries and veins, and the venae cavae.

lacteal vessel  lacteal (2).

lymphatic vessels  the capillaries, collecting vessels, and trunks that collect lymph from the tissues and carry it to the blood stream.

nutrient vessels  vessels supplying nutritive elements to special tissues, as arteries entering the substance of bone or the walls of large blood vessels.

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collateral vessel

n.

A branch of an artery running parallel with the parent trunk.

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collateral vessel

Etymology: L, cum + latus, side, vascellum, small vase

a branch of an artery or vein used as an accessory to the blood vessel from which it arises.

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vessel

any channel for carrying a fluid, such as blood or lymph. See also vas.

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absorbent v's

lymphatic vessels.

blood vessel

any of the vessels conveying the blood; an artery, arteriole, vein, venule or capillary.

collateral vessel

1. a vessel that parallels another vessel, a nerve, or other structure.

2. a vessel important in establishing and maintaining a collateral circulation.

great v's

the large vessels entering the heart, including the aorta, the pulmonary arteries and veins, and the venae cavae.

lacteal v's

those that take up chyle from the intestinal wall during digestion.

lymphatic v's

the capillaries, collecting vessels, and trunks that collect lymph from the tissues and carry it to lymph nodes or the bloodstream.

nutrient v's

vessels supplying nutritive elements to special tissues, e.g. arteries entering the substance of bone or the walls of large blood vessels.