rete /re·te/ (re´te) pl. re´tia [L.] a network or meshwork, especially of blood vessels.
rete arterio´sum an anastomotic network of minute arteries, just before they become arterioles or capillaries.
articular rete a network of anastomosing blood vessels in or around a joint.
malpighian rete stratum germinativum.
rete mira´bile
1. a vascular network formed by division of an artery or vein into many smaller vessels that reunite into a single vessel.
2. arterial anastomosis of the brain occurring between the external and internal carotid arteries due to longstanding thrombosis of the latter.
rete ova´rii a homologue of the rete testis, developed in the early female fetus but vestigial in the adult.
rete subpapilla´re the network of arteries at the boundary between the papillary and reticular layers of the dermis.
rete tes´tis a network formed in the mediastinum testis by the seminiferous tubules.
rete veno´sum an anastomotic network of small veins.
rete o·var·i·i ( -vâr  -  )n. A transient network of cells in the developing ovary. |
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