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Definition of Circumflex artery
1. Noun. Any of several paired curving arteries.
Specialized synonyms: Arteria Circumflexa Femoris, Circumflex Artery Of The Thigh, Arteria Circumflexa Humeri, Circumflex Humeral Artery, Arteria Circumflexa Ilium, Circumflex Iliac Artery, Arteria Circumflexa Scapulae, Circumflex Scapular Artery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumflex Artery
Literary usage of Circumflex artery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The superficial iliac circumflex artery (a. circumflexa ilium superficialis),
the smallest of the cutaneous branches, arises close to the preceding, and, ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"—The branches of the posterior circumflex artery of the humerus and of the ...
The posterior humeral circumflex artery has been already observed to arise, ..."
3. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"... they descend towards the knee and supply the extensor muscles. The internal
circumflex artery arises sometimes below, sometimes above the preceding, ..."
4. Text-book of operative surgery by Theodor Kocher (1903)
"(b) The Terminal Branch of the External circumflex artery lies upon the bone a
... The Internal circumflex artery (Fig. 146) arises as a rule from the ..."
5. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The External circumflex artery supplies the muscles on the front of the thigh.
... The Internal circumflex artery, smaller than the external, ..."
6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The Ел-ternal circumflex artery supplies the muselés on the front of the thigh.
... The Internal circumflex artery, smaller than the external, ..."
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