BRACHIAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brachial artery mean? 

• BRACHIAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun BRACHIAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. the main artery of the upper arm; a continuation of the axillary artery; bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries at the elbow

  Familiarity information: BRACHIAL ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRACHIAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The main artery of the upper arm; a continuation of the axillary artery; bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries at the elbow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria brachialis; brachial artery

Hypernyms ("brachial artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("brachial artery" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

 Context examples 

Any artery arising from the brachial artery.

(Brachial Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery that originates from the subclavian artery at the lateral margin of the first rib that supplies the brachial artery.

(Axillary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The study involved 775 participants recruited from an Ohio children's hospital who were measured for the elasticity or distensibility of their brachial artery (BrachD), located in the upper arm.

(Too Much Salt? Unhealthy Blood Vessels Changes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A brachial artery branch with distribution to the muscles at the back of the elbow.

(Anastomotica Magna Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A small blood vessel arising from the brachial artery in the lower portion of the upper arm that supplies blood to the head of the triceps muscle.

(Inferior Profunda Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Three main veins of the arm, the brachial artery, the medial nerve and the tendon of the biceps pass through this space.

(Antecubital Fossa, NCI Thesaurus)