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corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.

Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak. Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison.

which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery.

Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic. Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery.

A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.

ated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zoöl.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery. Radial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.

l branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.

to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.

Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing. -- Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of…

Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.

or Sigmoid, valves (Anat.), the valves at the beginning of the aorta and of the pulmonary artery which prevent the blood from flowing back into the ventricle.

An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.

ugh a narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood spouts from an artery. All the glittering hill Is bright with spouting rills. Thomson.

h up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.

Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery.

er tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.

Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery. Temporal bone, a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lowe…

Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal. Thyroid cartilage. See under Larynx. -- Thyroid body, or Thyroid gland (Anat.), a glandlike but ductless body, or pair of bodies, of unknown function, in the floor of the mouth or the region of the larynx. In man and most mammals i…

The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.