subclavian ansa

[ sŭb-klā′vē-ən ]

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The cord that connects the middle and cervical stellate sympathetic ganglions and forms a loop around the subclavian artery.

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“My husband and I were in the water for more than four hours,” she said, according to ANSA news service.
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“We do not want any Islamic museum in Venice,” Massimo Bitonci, a senator for the Northern League told ANSA news agency.
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Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told Italian news agency Ansa that he had no idea whether the Vatican was tapped.
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Another smaller lymph duct enters the right subclavian vein.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter

He had been shot under the arm, the ball dividing the subclavian artery, and Mr. White was of opinion that he bled to death.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1|David Collins
The major vessel continuing across the thoracic cavity is the subclavian artery.
Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae|Marion Anne Jenkinson
Classically the subclavian is considered as continuing into the anterior appendage as the axillary artery.
Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae|Marion Anne Jenkinson
The thoracic artery arises from the subclavian opposite the base of the coracoid artery, or from the base of the coracoid artery.
Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae|Marion Anne Jenkinson