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CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several paired curving arteries
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Hypernyms ("circumflex artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circumflex artery"):
arteria circumflexa femoris; circumflex artery of the thigh (an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles)
arteria circumflexa humeri; circumflex humeral artery (an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles)
arteria circumflexa ilium; circumflex iliac artery (an artery that supplies the lower abdominal walls and skin and the sartorius muscle)
arteria circumflexa scapulae; circumflex scapular artery (an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area)