artery
Carries oxygenated blood
An artery is a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the body's tissues—the counterpart to veins, which return blood to the heart.
The word extends to major routes of transportation or communication: The highway is a vital artery connecting the two cities.
Arterial describes roads that carry heavy traffic between smaller routes.
Chief arterial trunk
pulmonary · brachial · radial · iliac · renal · hepatic · celiac · subclavian
Arterial plaque accumulation disease
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- stenosisAbnormal bodily narrowing
- aneurysmArterial wall bulge
- thrombosisClot forming in vessel
embolism · occlusion · ischemia · hemorrhage · dissection · calcification · blockage · clot
Vascular fluid movement
- oxygenationAdding breathable gas
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- pulseArterial blood throb
- systoleHeart muscle contraction phase
diastole · vasodilation · vasoconstriction · blood pressure · cardiovascular · heart · pumping · oxygen
Vehicle travel surface
- highwayMajor road for travel
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- freewayHighway without tolls
- motorwayHigh-speed divided highway
boulevard · avenue · corridor · route · conduit · channel · passage · trunk road
Essential connection to safety
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- crucialOf supreme importance
- coreCentral essential portion
supply line · main channel · backbone · critical · indispensable · pipeline · sustenance · flow
aorta
Chief arterial trunk
jugular · pulmonary · brachial · radial · iliac · renal · hepatic · celiac · subclavian · popliteal
atherosclerosis
Arterial plaque accumulation disease
thrombosis · embolism · occlusion · ischemia · hemorrhage · dissection · calcification · blockage · clot · narrowing
bloodflow
Vascular fluid movement
- oxygenationAdding breathable gas
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- pulseArterial blood throb
systole · diastole · vasodilation · vasoconstriction · blood pressure · cardiovascular · heart · pumping · oxygen · nutrients
road
Vehicle travel surface
- highwayMajor road for travel
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- freewayHighway without tolls
motorway · boulevard · avenue · corridor · route · conduit · channel · passage · trunk road · main road
lifeline
Essential connection to safety
core · supply line · main channel · backbone · critical · indispensable · pipeline · sustenance · flow · network
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- blood/circulationvein, blood, heart, pulse, capillary
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, veins, capillary, blood vessel
- branchingbranching, dendrite, dendrites, dendritic, tree root
- routesroad, path, route, highway, freeway
arteryvein
Vessel toward heart
vena cava · pulmonary vein · jugular vein · capillary · venule
arteryside street
Minor road off thoroughfare
back road · dead end · cul-de-sac · alley · lane
- carotid arteryMain neck blood vessel
- clogged arteriesVessels narrowed by plaque
- coronary arteriesBlood channels supplying heart
- arterial roadsPrimary high-volume roadways
- radial arteryForearm's main blood vessel
- hardened arteriesStiffened, plaque-clogged blood vessels
arteries, arterial, arteriole, arterioles, arteriosclerosis, arteriography, arterials