subclavian artery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of subclavian artery
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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The vertebral artery branches from the subclavian artery and passes through the transverse foramen in the cervical vertebrae, entering the base of the skull at the vertebral foramen.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The brachiocephalic artery branches into the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Each subclavian artery supplies blood to the arms, chest, shoulders, back, and central nervous system.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
But in older people who have arteriosclerosis, Dr. Marshall explained, there may be a clot in, say, the left subclavian artery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pye-Smith reports an extremely interesting case in which death occurred from traumatic aneurysm of an aberrant subclavian artery.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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