- Musculophrenic
- Musculophrenic Mus`cu*lo*phren"ic, a. [L. musculus muscle + E. phrenic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery. [1913 Webster]
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Musculophrenic
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musculophrenic — “+ adjective Etymology: muscul + phrenic : supplying the muscles of the body wall and the diaphragm musculophrenic nerve musculophrenic blood vessel … Useful english dictionary
Musculophrenic artery — Artery: Musculophrenic artery (Musculophrenic artery labeled at center left.) Latin arteria musculophrenica Gray s … Wikipedia
musculophrenic artery — mus·cu·lo·phren·ic artery fren ik n a branch of the internal thoracic artery that gives off branches to the seventh, eighth, and ninth intercostal spaces as anterior intercostal arteries, to the pericardium, to the diaphragm, and to the abdominal … Medical dictionary
musculophrenic — Relating to the muscular portion of the diaphragm; denoting an artery supplying this part. * * * mus·cu·lo·phren·ic (mus″ku lo frenґik) [muscular + phrenic] pertaining to or supplying both the diaphragm and the adjoining muscles … Medical dictionary
musculophrenic — mus·cu·lo·phrenic … English syllables
musculophrenic veins — venae musculophrenicae … Medical dictionary
musculophrenic artery — noun an artery that supplies the abdomen and intercostal muscles • Syn: ↑arteria musculophrenica • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel … Useful english dictionary
musculophrenic vein — noun veins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomen • Syn: ↑vena musculophrenica • Hypernyms: ↑vein, ↑vena, ↑venous blood vessel … Useful english dictionary
Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
Internal thoracic artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria thoracica interna, arteria mammaria interna GraySubject = 148 GrayPage = 583 Caption = Right internal thoracic artery and its branches. (Internal mammary artery labeled at upper right.) Caption2 =… … Wikipedia
