Rete

(re'-te). Any network or decu ation and interlacing, especially of capillary blood-ve els. R., Acromial, a plexus of arteries on the surface of the acromial proce , formed by anastomoses between the acromial branch of the acromiothoracic, the supra scapular, and the anterior and posterior circumflex. R. articulare cubiti, an arterial anastomosis over the elbow. R., Bipolar, applied to blood-ve els that unite into larger stems and again divide and end in capillaries. R. calcaneum, an arterial anastomosis over the os calcis. R., Carpal, Anterior, and Posterior, two plexuses of arteries formed by the carpal branches of the radius and ulna, one in front and the other at the back of the wrist. R. carpi dorsale, the posterior carpal arch. R. carpi volare, an arterial meshwork made up of branches from the radial and ulnar arteries and deep palmar arch upon the anterior surface of the carpus. R. choroideum, vascular prolongations of the pia. R.. Epidermal. Same as R. mucosum. R. halleri, the upper part of the Wolffian body by which the communication between the seminiferous tubules and the Wolffian duct is established and maintained. R. malleolare internum and externum, the network surrounding the inner and the outer ankle. R. malpighii, the layers of epithelial cells above the corium. R. mirabile, Retia mirabilia, is seen when an artery splits into branches and reunites in a trunk, without forming capillaries. R. mirabile duplex. See R. mirabile geminum or conjugatum. R. mirabile (of Galen), a network of ve els formed by the intracranial portion of the internal carotid artery in some animals. R. mirabile geminum or conjugatum, a plexus in which arteries and veins are combined. R. mirabile simplex, a network involving only veins or arteries. R. mucosum, the three lower layers of living cells of the epidermis. R. olecrani, the network of ve els around the olecranon and at the back of the elbow, formed by the divisions of the pro fund a and other arteries. R. pateliare, the plexus of ve els surrounding the patella. R. tarseum dorsale, an arterial network upon the dorsal surface of the tarsus. R. testis, the network of seminal tubules in the corpus highmori of the testicle. R., Unipolar, the capillary divisions of blood ve els which do not reunite. R., Vascular (of B. Ridge), a membranous sac, very vascular, which with the meconic membrane forms an envelop for the meconium of the fetus. R. vasculosum, a network of blood-ve els.