thoracic artery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thoracic artery
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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In a media release obtained by the Indiana Star, Dubois County Coroner Katie Schuck said Dawn R. Jankovic, 47, of Brunswick, Ohio, died from exsanguination – severe blood loss -- avulsion of the right internal thoracic artery and the effects of the roller coaster itself at the Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Ind.
From Fox News
The thoracic artery usually passes ventral to M. costi-sternalis anterior.
From Project Gutenberg
The main thoracic artery bifurcates near the insertion of M. costi-sternalis, the branches traveling posteriad on both sides of the muscle.
From Project Gutenberg
From the ventral trunk of the thoracic artery a variable number of small vessels arises to supply the costosternal articulations.
From Project Gutenberg
In both families the vessels that are relatively constant in appearance are: a subclavian giving rise to the carotid and axillary arteries, and becoming the pectoral trunk; the thoracic artery arising variously, and passing posteriorly to the rib cage; and the coracoid complex of vessels.
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