hemal /he·mal/ (he´m'l)
1. ventral to the spinal axis, where the heart and great vessels are located, as, e.g., the hemal arches.
2. hemic.
3. pertaining to blood vessels; see vascular.
he·mal (h  m l)adj. 1. Of or relating to the blood or blood vessels. 2. Relating to or located on the side of the body that contains the heart and principal blood vessels. |
hemal
pertaining to blood or blood vessels.
hemal arch
small, v-shaped bones attached to the caudal ends of the ventral surface of several caudal (coccygeal) vertebrae where they protect several coccygeal vessels; they are small in dogs, absent in horses and cattle, large in kangaroos and whales.
hemal node
occur under the peritoneum along the vertebral column, in some viscera, near the spleen and kidneys and in the jugular furrow in ruminants; resemble lymph nodes but their sinuses are filled with blood. Have functions probably like those of the spleen. Called also hemolymph node.
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