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artery

any of the tubular thick-walled muscular vessels that convey oxygenated blood from the heart to various parts of the body
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artery

[′ärd·ə·rē]
(anatomy)
A vascular tube that carries blood away from the heart.
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The artery gave two branches; the larger one accompanied the superficial fibular artery that penetrated the fibularis muscle at a mean distance of distance of 18.7 [+ or -] 0.2 cm (ranging from 14.8 to 21) from the lateral malleolus.
Base Anatomica de los Injertos Vascularizados del Musculo Fibularis Brevis
It was noted by Lippert et al that, fibular artery is a major contributor to the blood supply of the foot in 12% of all cases.
Study of external diameter of crural arteries and their clinical significance
has shown arterial pedicle (arrow head)from the fibular artery and the posterior tibial artery (PTN) (short arrow).
The Tibial Nerve and Its Vasculature: An Anatomical Evaluation/El Nervio Tibial y su Vasculatura: Una Evaluacion Anatomica
An hypertrophied perforating fibular artery was observed going through the intermuscular membrane to reach the dorsum of the foot (Fig.
A Segmental Hypoplastic Anterior Tibial Artery Coexisting with a Hypertrophied Perforating Fibular Artery a Case Report and Clinical Implications/Coexistencia de una Arteria Tibial Anterior Hipoplasica Segmentaria con una Arteria Fibular Perforante Hipertrofiada. Reporte de Caso e Implicancias Clinicas
In most cases, these branches originated from the anterior tibial artery (97.1%); in one specimen (2.9%) one branch originated from the fibular artery (Table I).
Neurovascular pedicles of the tibialis anterior muscle in children/Pediculos neurovasculares del musculo tibial anterior en ninos
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