anastomosis osculation. (an-as-to-mo's is).

Syn.of: in- The communication an artery or vein with another artery or vein; also the vascular branch by which such communication is established, a. hy convergence. A union of two arteries running in the same general direction. a. hy inosculation. The union of two ve els coming from opposite directions like that of the intestinal arteries in the mesentery, a. hy transverse communication. A communication between two parallel ve els by means of a communicating (anastomotic) branch. a. per coalitum. The simple coalescence of two arteries so as to form one trunk of a caliber equal to the sum of the calibers of the two. a. per dehiscent i am. A communication between two adjacent arteries for a small portion of their course, so that the entering and emergent branches together form a figure somewhat like a cro . [Gr., ana, up, + stomosis, from stoma, mouth.]