| 单词 | muscular artery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmuscular artery muscular artery n. Anatomy (a) an artery that supplies a muscle or group of muscles; esp. either of the branches of the ophthalmic artery supplying the muscles of the eyes (now rare); (b) an artery having a tunica media composed chiefly of smooth muscle. ΚΠ 1811 J. Bell Anat. Human Body (ed. 3) II. 151 In this order are included the muscular arteries, which are the least regular of all the branches of the ophthalmic artery. 1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 613/1 Muscular arteries, arteries that are distributed to the muscles. 1934 E. V. Cowdry Textbk. Histol. vii. 95 The muscular arteries are also described as distributing arteries because they supply blood to various organs and tissues whose requirements are different. 1976 Lab. Investig. 35 23 A distinct arterial lesion was observed in the large abdominal muscular arteries in three autopsied patients. 1999 Surv. Ophthalmol. 43 341 The ciliary ganglion and lateral rectus muscle are both supplied by the lateral muscular artery. < as lemmas |
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