innominate artery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of innominate artery
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Right Subclavian.—The innominate artery divides into the right subclavian and right carotid exactly behind the sterno-clavicular articulation.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
The edge grazed against the sheath of the innominate artery during the operation.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The innominate artery is the largest and passes upward and to the right, to the root of the neck, where it divides into the right common carotid and the right subclavian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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