单词 | sciatic artery |
释义 | > as lemmassciatic artery sciatic artery n. [after scientific Latin arteria sciatica (1733 or earlier) or French artère sciatique (1732 or earlier)] Anatomy and Zoology (now rare) an artery accompanying the sciatic nerve; esp. the inferior gluteal artery, a branch of the internal iliac artery. ΚΠ 1797 J. Bell Anat. Human Body II. 447 It gives, like the sciatic artery, chiefly muscular branches. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 213 The sciatic artery, which passes out of the pelvis at the great sciatic notch. 1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) ix. 102 The ischium is fused along the greater part of its length with the posterior part of the ilium, leaving an ilio-sciatic foramen through which the sciatic artery and nerve run to the hind limb. 2004 Respiratory Physiol. & Neurobiol. 142 167/1 The left sciatic artery [in toads] was isolated and cannulated. < as lemmas |
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