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Physiology
- a relatively thick-walled, muscular, pulsating blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart.
- with the exception of the pulmonary arterties & umbilical arteries, arteries contain red, oxygenated blood destined for body tissues.
More general terms
More specific terms
- acetabular artery
- anastomotica magna of femoral artery
- angular artery
- anomalous artery
- anterior (volar) interosseous artery
- anterior cecal artery
- anterior cerebral artery
- anterior choroidal artery
- anterior ciliary artery
- anterior circumflex humeral artery
- anterior communicating artery
- anterior conjunctival artery
- anterior ethmoidal artery
- anterior inferior cerebellar artery
- anterior lateral malleolar artery
- anterior medial malleolar artery
- anterior parietal artery
- anterior perforating artery
- anterior radicular artery
- anterior scrotal artery
- anterior segmental artery of liver
- anterior superior alveolar artery
- anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
- anterior temporal artery
- anterior tibial artery
- anterior tibial recurrent artery
- anterior tympanic artery
- anterior vestibular artery
- anterolateral central (lenticulostriate) artery
- anteromedial central artery
- aorta
- apicoposterior artery
- appendicular artery
- arcuate artery of foot
- arcuate artery of kidney
- arteriole
- artery of bulb of penis
- artery of bulb of vestibule
- artery of caudate lobe
- artery of postcentral sulcus
- artery of precentral sulcus
- artery of pterygoid canal (vidian artery)
- artery of round ligament of uterus
- artery of tuber cinereum
- artery to sciatic nerve
- artery to tail of pancreas
- ascending artery
- ascending cervical artery
- ascending palatine artery
- ascending pharyngeal artery
- atrial artery
- axillary artery
- azygos artery of vagina
- basilar artery
- brachial artery
- brachiocephalic artery
- bronchial artery (bronchial branch of thoracic aorta)
- buccal (buccinator) artery
- calcaneal artery
- calcarine artery
- callosomarginal artery
- caroticotympanic artery
- carpal artery
- celiac artery (trunk)
- central (Rolandic) sulcal artery
- central retinal artery (Zinn artery)
- circumflex scapular artery
- cochlear artery proper
- collicular (quadrigeminal) artery
- common carotid artery
- common cochlear artery
- common hepatic artery
- common interosseous artery
- common palmar digital artery
- coronary artery
- cortical radiate (interlobular) artery
- costocervical trunk
- cremasteric (external spermatic) artery
- cricothyroid artery
- cystic artery
- deep artery of clitoris
- deep artery of penis
- deep auricular artery
- deep cervical artery
- deep circumflex iliac artery
- deep femoral perforating artery
- deep lingual (ranine) artery
- deep palmar arterial arch
- deep plantar arch
- deep plantar artery; plantar perforating artery
- deep temporal artery
- deferential artery (to vas deferens)
- descending genicular artery (great anastomotic artery)
- descending palatine artery
- digital artery
- dorsal (descending) scapular artery
- dorsal (external) nasal artery
- dorsal artery of clitoris
- dorsal artery of penis
- dorsal carpal arch
- dorsal carpal branch of radial artery
- dorsal carpal branch of ulnar artery
- dorsal digital artery of foot
- dorsal digital artery of hand
- dorsal lingual arteries
- dorsal metacarpal artery
- dorsal metatarsal artery
- dorsal pancreatic artery
- dorsalis pedis artery
- dorsalis pollicis artery
- episcleral artery
- external carotid artery
- external pudendal artery
- facial artery
- femoral artery
- femoral nutrient artery (of femur)
- fibular artery (peroneal artery)
- fibular nutrient artery
- gastoduodenal artery
- great segmental medullary artery (artery of Adamkiewicz, great anastomotic artery)
- greater palatine artery
- greater pancreatic artery
- helicine artery of penis
- helicine artery of uterus (coiled or spiral artery of uterus)
- hepatic artery (proper)
- humeral nutrient artery
- hyaloid artery
- hypophyseal artery
- ileal artery
- ileocolic artery
- iliac artery
- iliolumbar artery
- inferior (transverse) pancreatic artery
- inferior alveolar artery
- inferior epigastric artery
- inferior gluteal artery
- inferior labial artery
- inferior laryngeal artery
- inferior lateral genicular artery
- inferior lingular artery
- inferior medial genicular artery
- inferior mesenteric artery
- inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
- inferior phrenic artery
- inferior rectal (hemorrhoidal) artery
- inferior suprarenal (adrenal) artery
- inferior thyroid artery
- inferior tympanic artery
- inferior ulnar collateral artery (great anastomotic artery)
- inferior vesical artery
- infraorbital artery
- infrascapular artery
- insular artery
- interlobar artery of kidney
- interlobular artery of liver
- internal auditory; labyrinthine artery
- internal carotid artery (ICA)
- internal pudendal artery
- internal thoracic artery (internal mammary artery)
- intracranial internal carotid artery (carotid siphon)
- jejunal artery
- lacrimal artery
- lateral circumflex femoral artery
- lateral frontobasal (orbitofrontal) artery
- lateral occipital artery
- lateral palpebral artery
- lateral plantar artery
- lateral sacral artery
- lateral segmental artery of liver
- lateral tarsal artery
- lateral thoracic artery (external mammary artery)
- left colic artery
- left gastric artery
- left gastroepiploic (gastroomental) artery
- left hepatic artery
- left pulmonary artery
- lesser palatine artery
- lingual artery
- lingular artery
- long posterior ciliary artery
- lowest lumbar artery
- lumbar artery
- mammillary artery
- marginal artery of colon
- masseteric artery
- maxillary artery
- medial circumflex femoral artery
- medial frontobasal (orbitofrontal) artery
- medial occipital artery (P4 segment of posterior cerebral artery)
- medial palpebral artery
- medial plantar artery
- medial segmental artery of liver
- medial striate artery (recurrent artery of Huebner)
- medial tarsal artery
- median artery
- median callosal artery
- median commissural artery
- median sacral artery
- mental artery
- middle cerebral artery
- middle colic artery
- middle collateral artery
- middle genicular artery
- middle meningeal artery
- middle rectal (hemorrhoidal) artery
- middle suprarenal artery
- middle temporal artery
- musculophrenic artery
- mylohyoid artery
- nutrient artery
- obturator artery
- occipital artery
- ophthalmic artery
- ovarian artery
- palmar carpal arch
- palmar digital artery proper
- palmar metacarpal (interosseous) artery
- perforating arteries of hand
- perforating artery of penis
- perforating radiate artery of kidney
- pericallosal artery
- pericardiacophrenic artery
- perineal artery
- plantar digital arteries
- plantar metatarsal artery
- polar frontal artery
- polar temporal artery
- pontine artery
- popliteal artery
- posterior auricular artery
- posterior cecal artery
- posterior cerebral artery
- posterior choroidal artery
- posterior circumflex humeral artery
- posterior communicating artery
- posterior conjunctival artery
- posterior ethmoidal artery
- posterior gastric artery
- posterior inferior cerebellar artery
- posterior intercostal artery (thoracic, 3-11)
- posterior intercostal artery-1
- posterior intercostal artery-2
- posterior interosseous artery
- posterior lateral nasal artery
- posterior meningeal artery
- posterior parietal artery
- posterior peroneal (lateral malleolar) artery
- posterior radicular artery
- posterior scrotal artery
- posterior segmental artery of liver
- posterior septal arteries
- posterior superior alveolar artery
- posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
- posterior temporal artery
- posterior tibial artery
- posterior tibial recurrent artery
- posterior tympanic artery
- posterolateral central artery (thalamogeniculate artery)
- posteromedial central artery (thalamoperforating or paramedian artery)
- precuneal artery
- prepancreatic artery
- princeps cervicis artery (descending branch of occipital artery)
- princeps pollicis artery (principal artery of thumb)
- profunda brachii artery
- profunda femoris artery (deep artery of thigh)
- proximal medial striate artery (short central artery)
- pterygomeningeal artery (accessory meningeal artery)
- pulmonary artery or trunk (PA)
- radial artery
- radial collateral artery
- radial index artery (dorsalis indicis, radialis indicis)
- radial nutrient artery
- radial recurrent artery
- recurrent artery
- recurrent interosseous artery
- renal artery
- retroduodenal (posterior pancreaticoduodenal) artery
- right colic artery
- right descending pulmonary artery (interlobar artery)
- right flexural artery
- right gastric (pyloric) artery
- right gastroepiploic (gastroomental) artery
- right hepatic artery
- right pulmonary artery
- scrotal artery
- segmental artery of kidney
- septal artery
- short circumferential artery
- short gastric artery
- short posterior ciliary artery
- sigmoid artery
- sphenopalatine artery
- spinal artery
- spiral modiolar artery
- splenic artery (lienal artery)
- sternal artery
- sternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid artery
- sternocleidomastoid branches of occipital artery (sternomastoid artery)
- stylomastoid artery
- subclavian artery
- subcostal artery
- sublingual artery
- submental artery
- subscapular artery
- sulcal artery
- superficial cervical artery
- superficial circumflex iliac artery
- superficial epigastric artery
- superficial palmar (volar) artery
- superficial palmar arterial arch
- superficial temporal artery
- superior (supreme) intercostal artery
- superior cerebellar artery
- superior epigastric artery
- superior gluteal artery
- superior labial artery
- superior laryngeal artery
- superior lateral genicular artery
- superior lingular artery
- superior medial genicular artery
- superior mesenteric artery
- superior phrenic artery
- superior rectal (hemorrhoidal) artery
- superior suprarenal (adrenal) artery
- superior thoracic artery
- superior thyroid artery
- superior tympanic artery
- superior ulnar collateral artery
- superior vesical artery
- suprachiasmatic artery
- supraduodenal artery
- supraoptic artery
- supraorbital artery
- suprascapular artery (transverse scapular artery)
- supratrochlear artery
- sural artery
- testicular artery
- thoracoacromial trunk
- thoracodorsal (dorsal thoracic) artery
- thymic branches of internal thoracic artery
- thyorid ima artery
- thyrocervical trunk
- tibial nutrient artery
- tonsillar branch of facial artery
- transverse cervical artery
- transverse facial artery
- ulnar artery
- ulnar nutrient artery
- ulnar recurrent artery
- umbilical artery
- uncal artery
- urethral artery
- uterine artery
- vaginal artery
- vasa nervorum
- vasa vasorum
- vertebral artery
- vestibulocochlear artery
- zygomatico-orbital artery
- zygomaticofacial artery
- zygomaticotemporal artery
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- ↑ Hearts & Arteries http://www.niapublications.org/pubs/hearts-arteries/index.asp