n
(anatomy, rare) The vascular areas of the body most removed from the heart.
n
(physiology) An artery in the human abdomen that supplies blood to the adrenal glands.
adj
(anatomy) Carrying towards an organ or structure.
n
A cross-connection between two blood vessels.
adj
Alternative form of anteroseptal [(anatomy) anterior to the septum (of the heart)]
n
(anatomy) An area in front of the interventricular septum
n
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the aorta.
adj
Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve.
n
(anatomy) The curving portion of the aorta that bends between the ascending aorta and the descending aorta, from which the brachiocephalic artery, left carotid artery, and left subclavian artery arise.
n
(anatomy) The semilunar valve of the heart that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta.
adv
With reference to, or by means of an aorta
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the aorta and the pulmonary artery; specifically, connecting the two, as for example in a congenital heart defect whereby the septum that normally separates the two has a hole (fistula) in it.
adj
(anatomy) relating to the aorta and the vena cava
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the aorta and the coronary arteries
adj
Relating to, or connecting the aorta and a femoral artery
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the aortic and mitral valves of the heart
adj
Relating to the aorticopulmonary septum
adj
(anatomy) Located at the apex of the heart
n
(anatomy) Synonym of artery.
n
(dated, anatomy) The innominate artery or brachiocephalic artery.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the spatial relationship or communication between the great arteries and the ventricles of the heart.
adj
(anatomy, of a ventricle) Associated with or joined to an atrium (of the heart)
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the atrium and the vena cava.
adj
(physiology, medicine) Of or pertaining to an atrium and the His bundle in the electrical conduction system of the heart, as (usually, more specifically) an atriohisian tract constituting an accessory tract of conduction.
adj
(anatomy) atrial and nodal
adj
Of the spatial relationship between the primary veins and the atria of the heart.
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
n
Synonym of bundle of His
n
(anatomy) Either of the two valves in the heart, situated between the atria and the ventricles, that prevent backflow from the ventricles into the atria during systole.
n
(anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the auricles and the ventricles (of the heart).
n
(medicine) a small structure in the heart, located in the Koch's triangle, near the coronary sinus on the interatrial septum
n
(anatomy) A large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart.
n
(anatomy) a vein running up the right side of the thoracic vertebral column draining itself towards the superior vena cava
n
(medicine) a branch of the anterior internodal tract that resides on the inner wall of the left atrium
adj
Having, or involving two atria, especially both atria of the heart
adj
Having two carotid arteries
adj
Relating to both veins of the vena cava
n
(anatomy) The mitral valve.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to both fascicles of the heart
n
(medicine, cardiology, sometimes attributive) A kind of prosthetic heart valve characterized by two semicircular leaflets.
adj
(anatomy, of the heart) Having only two chambers (an atrium and a ventricle)
n
(anatomy) A transitory dilation in the embryonic heart that gives rise to the ventricle
n
(anatomy) Either of the two offshoots of the bundle of His in the heart's ventricles which transmit cardiac action potentials from the bundle of His to the Purkinje fibers.
n
(anatomy) An abnormal extra or accessory conduction pathway between the atria and ventricles.
n
(anatomy) The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to the cardiac portion of the stomach, and the esophagus.
adj
(medicine) Of the heart and the mediastinum.
n
(anatomy) A ventricle of the heart
adj
Of or relating to the carotid arteries.
n
(anatomy) Ellipsis of vena cava.. [(anatomy) Either of the two large veins that take oxygen depleted blood, from the upper body and from the lower body, and return it to the right atrium of the heart.]
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the corpus cavernosum
n
Alternative spelling of cavoatrial junction [(anatomy) The point at which the superior vena cava meets and melds into the cardiac right atrium.]
adj
Of or pertaining to both the vena cava and the atrium of the heart
n
(anatomy) The point at which the superior vena cava meets and melds into the cardiac right atrium.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the vena cava and the pulmonary artery
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the vena cava and the tricuspid valve of the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to cerebral arteries
adj
(anatomy) Relating to cerebral capillaries
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to the brain, liver, and kidneys; applied to Zellweger syndrome.
adj
(anatomy) Both cerebral and splanchnic
n
One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
n
(anatomy) The heartstrings.
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the ventricular system of the brain.
n
(anatomy) Either of two veins, of which one is formed on each side of the body by the union of the external and internal iliac veins, and which unite to form the inferior vena cava at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a conal ventricle of the heart
n
(pathology) Triatrial heart: a rare congenital heart defect where the left atrium (cor triatriatum sinistrum) or right atrium (cor triatriatum dextrum) is subdivided by a thin membrane, resulting in three atrial chambers.
n
(anatomy, cardiology) An artery arising from aorta.
n
(anatomy) A large collection of veins in the heart wall that collects blood from the myocardium and empties into the right atrium.
n
The measurement of the cerebral cortex, typically as a diagnostic tool
adj
Relating to the cranium and the heart.
n
(anatomy) Initialism of coronary sinus. [(anatomy) A large collection of veins in the heart wall that collects blood from the myocardium and empties into the right atrium.]
adj
Which uses, or is located in or near, the diaphragm.
n
(anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.
adj
(anatomy) In or pertaining to the endocardium
n
(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Within the thorax.
adj
(from) above the aorta
n
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
adj
(anatomy) On the pericardium
n
(biology) A true septum (formed from a septal plate)
n
(anatomy, cardiology) A crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior.
adj
Synonym of extracardiac
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a fascicle and a ventricle.
n
(medicine, anatomy, embryology) An opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart that normally closes after birth.
n
(neuroanatomy) Synonym of trigeminal ganglion.
n
(anatomy) A large vein running from the apex of the heart to the base of the ventricles.
n
(anatomy) A broad unpaired vein formed by the junction of internal cerebral veins and uniting with the inferior sagittal sinus to form the straight sinus.
n
(anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.
n
A lateral half of a four-chamber heart.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to branches of the same artery
adj
(anatomy) Situated below an artery; applied especially to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
adj
pertaining exclusively to the cardiac ventricles
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ilium and the vena cava
n
(anatomy) The large vein which returns blood from the lower extremities, and the pelvic and abdominal organs, to the right atrium of the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the inferoseptum of the heart
n
(anatomy) The lower cardiac septum
adj
(anatomy) Located between the atria of the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
n
(anatomy) The stout wall separating the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart from one another.
adj
Alternative form of intraaortic [Within the aorta]
adj
Within an atrium, typically of the heart
adj
(anatomy) Inside the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Within the ventricles of the brain
adj
(anatomy) within a ventricle
n
(anatomy) Initialism of inferior vena cava. [(anatomy) The large vein which returns blood from the lower extremities, and the pelvic and abdominal organs, to the right atrium of the heart.]
adj
Adjacent to, and alongside a ventricle
adj
(anatomy) Next to the diaphragm
n
(anatomy, medicine) Initialism of left atrium. [One of the chambers of the heart in humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins, and pumps it into the left ventricle.]
n
(anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
n
One of the chambers of the heart in humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins, and pumps it into the left ventricle.
n
A lenticulostriate artery
n
Alternative form of laevocardia [(medicine) A condition where the heart is on the correct side of the body (the left), but the related structures are on the wrong side, due either to corrected transposition of the great vessels or to situs inversus.]
n
(anatomy, medicine) Initialism of left ventricle. [One of the four chambers of the heart of humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it out through the aorta.]
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the meninges and the (cerebral) blood vessels
adj
Near the middle of the heart (or, especially, the cardiac stomach of an invertebrate)
n
(neuroanatomy) A ganglion at the level of the cricoid cartilage that is the smallest of the cervical ganglia, that varies in its presence or absence, size, form, and position, and that sends fibers to the fifth and sixth cervical nerves.
adj
Relating to the middle of a ventricle
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Pertaining to the mitral valve.
n
(anatomy) The valve that divides the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affecting the mitral valves
n
(anatomy) A muscular band in the heart extending from the interventricular septum to the papillary muscle.
adj
Alternative form of nasohypophysial [(anatomy) Relating to the nose and hypophysis]
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a node and a ventricle.
n
(anatomy) The parts of the stomach apart from the cardia
n
(anatomy) Ossified cardiac cartilagenous tissue, typically parts of the cardiac skeleton.
adj
Describing any device, implanted in the heart, that transfers oxygenated blood from the left atrium
adj
Located near the septum
adj
Adjacent to a ventricle
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the aorta
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding an atrium
adj
Surrounding or next to the heart.
n
A fluid that reduces friction within the pericardium by lubricating the epicardial surface, allowing the membranes to glide over each other with each heartbeat.
n
(anatomy, cardiology) A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
adj
(anatomy, medicine) In the area of the mitral valve and its margins.
adj
(anatomy) Around a septum.
adv
(anatomy) Around the ventricle.
adj
(anatomy) Around the viscera.
n
(anatomy) Any of the several arteries supplying the diaphragm.
n
(anatomy) A nerve that arises mainly from the fourth cervical nerve and is primarily the motor nerve of the diaphragm but also sends sensory fibers to the pericardium.
n
(neuroanatomy) Synonym of vagus nerve.
adj
Alternative form of portocaval [(anatomy) Relating to the portal vein and the vena cava.]
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the portal vein and the vena cava.
n
(anatomy) A postcaval vein.
n
(anatomy) The ostium of the coronary sinus
n
(anatomy, obsolete) The superior vena cava.
n
Alternative form of praecava [(anatomy, obsolete) The superior vena cava.]
n
(anatomy) A precaval vein.
adj
(anatomy) anterior to the pericardium
n
(anatomy) A deep-seated artery, as of the arm, neck, or leg.
adj
Relating to the proventriculus
adj
winglike and present in the cardiac stomach
n
(anatomy) The artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
n
(anatomy) The semilunar valve of the heart that lies between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
n
(anatomy) The pulmonary valve.
n
(anatomy, medicine) Initialism of right atrium. [(anatomy) The chamber of the heart, in humans and other mammals, that receives deoxygenated blood from the venae cavae and pumps it into the right ventricle.]
adj
(anatomy) Involving the kidney and the pericardium.
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Located behind the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Behind the vena cava
n
(anatomy) The chamber of the heart, in humans and other mammals, that receives deoxygenated blood from the venae cavae and pumps it into the right ventricle.
n
Abbreviation of sinoatrial node. [(anatomy) A group of cells located in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that originates the impulses stimulating the heartbeat.]
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Abbreviation of sinoatrial / sinoauricular. [(anatomy, medicine) Relating to the venous sinus and the right atrium of the heart.]
n
(anatomy) Abbreviation of sinoatrial node. [(anatomy) A group of cells located in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that originates the impulses stimulating the heartbeat.]
n
Obsolete spelling of septum. [(anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.]
n
(biology) Acronym of sinoatrial node. [(anatomy) A group of cells located in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that originates the impulses stimulating the heartbeat.]
n
(anatomy) Either of the two crescent-shaped valves in the heart that prevent backflow from the arteries into the ventricles.
adj
(anatomy, biology, relational) Of or pertaining to a septum.
n
(anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Relating to the venous sinus and the right atrium of the heart.
n
(anatomy) A group of cells located in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that originates the impulses stimulating the heartbeat.
adj
(medicine) Synonym of sinoatrial
adj
Relating to, or between, the sinuses and the tubular part of the aorta
adj
Alternative form of sinoatrial [(anatomy, medicine) Relating to the venous sinus and the right atrium of the heart.]
n
(physiology, attributive) Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat.
n
(zootomy) The first chamber of the heart in fish, amphibians, and reptiles, emptying into the right atrium.
adj
Alternative form of supraventricular [(anatomy) Located above the ventricles of the heart.]
n
(anatomy) The branch of the celiac artery that supplies blood to the spleen and sends branches also to the pancreas and the cardiac end of the stomach.
n
A chamber that leads into an atrium
adj
(anatomy) Under the cardia.
n
(anatomy) The main vein conveying blood from the arm or forelimb, which is a continuation of the axillary vein and joins with the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.
adj
(anatomy) Below the liver
n
(neuroanatomy) A ganglion at the top of the sympathetic chain that lies between the internal carotid artery and the second and third cervical vertebrae and that sends postganglionic fibers to the heart, larynx, and pharynx, and to the head.
n
(anatomy) A large unpaired artery that arises from the abdominal aorta just below the celiac artery at the level of the first lumbar vertebra, and supplies the intestine from the distal half of the duodenum through two-thirds of the transverse colon, as well as the head of the pancreas.
n
(anatomy) The large vein which returns blood from the head, neck, thorax and both upper limbs to the right atrium of the heart.
adj
Relating to the superoseptum
n
(anatomy) The upper cardiac septum
adj
(anatomy) Located above the ventricles of the heart.
n
(anatomy) Initialism of superior vena cava. [(anatomy) The large vein which returns blood from the head, neck, thorax and both upper limbs to the right atrium of the heart.]
n
Obsolete spelling of septum. [(anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.]
n
(anatomy) Either of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes, and of which one arises on each side from the front of the abdominal aorta a little below the corresponding renal artery and passes downward to the spermatic cord of the same side and along it to the testis.
adj
Of or relating to German anatomist Adam Christian Thebesius (1686–1732), known for his studies of coronary circulation.
n
(anatomy) A semicircular fold of the lining membrane of the right atrium, situated at the ostium of the coronary sinus.
adj
(anatomy) Through the atrium.
adj
(anatomy) Across or through a promontory (typically in the ear)
adj
(anatomy) Describing the valve, between the right atrium and ventricle of the heart, that has three triangular segments
n
A heart valve with three cusps which prevents backflow of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium.
adj
(anatomy, physiology) Relating to the trigeminal nerve and blood vessels
adj
Relating to three ventricles
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the region between the trabeculae of the heart
n
(medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.
n
(embryology) The single arterial outlet in the embryological heart which later divides into the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
adj
Relating to, or affecting only one atrium (of the heart)
adj
(anatomy, physiology) Relating to the vagus nerve and the vagal complex of the brain
n
(anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction
adj
(anatomy) Related to the valves and septa of the heart
n
(anatomy) Either of the two large veins that take oxygen depleted blood, from the upper body and from the lower body, and return it to the right atrium of the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to veins and the atrium of the heart
n
(anatomy) Alternative form of sinus venosus. [(zootomy) The first chamber of the heart in fish, amphibians, and reptiles, emptying into the right atrium.]
n
One of two lower chambers of the heart.
adj
Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus.
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Relating to a ventricle and the aorta.
adj
Refers to the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the primary arteries of the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ventricles and atrium.
adj
Relating to, or between the ventricle (of the brain) and the peritoneum
adj
Relating to a ventricle and the peritoneum
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Connecting the two ventricles of the heart.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a vertebra and an artery.
adj
Of or relating to a vestibule.
n
The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice.
adj
Of or pertaining to the viscera of the atrium of the heart.
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