ar'tery

[L. arieria.'\ blood-ve el conveying blood in a direction away from the heart; with the exception of the piilmonary artery, the arteries convey red or aerated blood. For the table of the arteries, see under arteyia. nu'trient a,, an artery carrying blood to the interior of a bone, ve'nous a., arteria pul monal is. anomalous course, arterioplania. calculus, arteriolith. contraction, arteriostenosis, arteriarctia. description of, arteriography, dilatation, aneurysm, arteriectasia. disease,, arteriopathy, arteriosclerosis, arteriofibrosis, atheroma, arteriomalacia, arteriostosis, arteriasis. drawing blood from, arteriotomy. inflammation, arteritis; of inner tunic,, end arteritis* of middle tunic, mes arteritis; of outer tunic, exarteritis, per i arteritis. narrowing, arteriarctia, arteriostenosis. o ification, arteriostosis. recording pulsations, arteriography, sphygmography. rupture, arteriorrhexis. science of, arteriology. small, arteriole, softening, arteriomalacia. suture, arteriorrhaphy. terminal, telangion. torsion, arteriostrepsis. union of two arteries (normal or surgical), anastomosis.