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(physiology) adrenal cortex
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(anatomy) Any afferent vessels, whether blood or lymph vessels; specifically, the afferent arteries of the kidneys.
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(anatomy, physiology) Of or pertaining to the pulmonary alveoli and the arteries.
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(figuratively) The liveliest part of something.
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(medicine) Relating to the artery and the portal vein.
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Obsolete form of artery. [(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.]
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(anatomy) azygos and portal
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(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of azygos vein [(anatomy) a vein running up the right side of the thoracic vertebral column draining itself towards the superior vena cava]
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(anatomy) A network of valveless veins in the human body, connecting the deep pelvic veins and thoracic veins (draining the inferior end of the urinary bladder, breast, and prostate) to the internal vertebral venous plexuses.
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(anatomy) Either of the veins of the vena cava
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Relating to the cardia and pylorus of the stomach
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(anatomy) Of the heart and the kidney.
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(medicine, anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest
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(anatomy) Relating to the blood vessels that run to or from the brain.
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(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
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(anatomy) Any of the many minute blood vessels formed by the merging of the capillaries of the glomerulus that conduct blood away from it.
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(anatomy) Situated upon or above an artery; applied especially to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
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(anatomy) Relating to blood vessels of the brain
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Ellipsis of zona glomerulosa. [The most superficial layer of the adrenal cortex, lying directly beneath the adrenal gland's capsule, and responsible for producing and secreting the mineralocorticoid aldosterone into the blood as part of the renin-angiotensin system.]
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(medicine, colloquial) Short for left main coronary artery.
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(anatomy) Relating to the spleen and kidneys; splenorenal.
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Relating to the mesentery and portal vein.
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(anatomy) The structure of splanchnic mesoderm that supports the embryonic heart in the pericardial cavity
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(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.
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pancreatic and gastric
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(anatomy) Relating to renal papillae
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(anatomy) Around the kidney.
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(anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
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(anatomy) A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.
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(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting left and right portal veins
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(anatomy) Situated after the arterioles (used especially of the capillaries)
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(anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary body
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Occurring in the blood supply to the kidneys.
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(anatomy) An artery that arises from the right ventricle of the heart and branches into the right and left pulmonary arteries.
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(anatomy) In tetrapods, a vein that returns blood to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs.
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(anatomy) Either of two branches of the abdominal aorta of which each supplies one of the kidneys.
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(anatomy) The funnel-like dilated proximal part of the ureter in the kidney.
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(anatomy) Either of the two large veins of which each drains blood from one of the kidneys and empties into the inferior vena cava.
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Any animal with a kidney.
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(anatomy) Relating to the renal medulla
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(anatomy) Involving the kidney and the lungs.
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(anatomy, zoology) A complex of blood vessels found in some vertebrates that preserves a gradient of a certain solute or particle, originally specifically the network of arterioles at the base of the brain in some ungulates and other mammals.
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(anatomy) Relating to venous sinuses (usually the dural ones) and their related veins, as for example in cerebral sinovenous thrombosis.
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(anatomy) Any of several channels through which venous blood passes in various organs.
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(anatomy) A vein that drains blood from the spleen and empties into the hepatic portal vein.
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(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the spleen and kidneys.
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(anatomy, of an artery) Sufficiently large so as to control the blood flow to an area.
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(anatomy) The deep middle cerebral vein.
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(anatomy) A major vessel of the lymphatic system that originates in the abdomen and drains into the blood circulation at the commencement of the left brachiocephalic vein.
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(anatomy) One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.
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(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the interstitium and tubules of the kidney
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(anatomy) The tubules and interstitial tissue of the kidneys
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(anatomy) A large vein or passage (as the canal of Schlemm) for venous blood.
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(anatomy) A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.
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(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and artery.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affecting both the vertebral and basilar arteries.
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