Anastomotic

arteries of the thigh, etc., branches of the brachial, femoral, etc., whereby the collateral circulation is established after ligature for aneurysm, etc. The term has been inaccurately used of the junction of the nerve-filaments. A., Crucial, an arterial anastomosis in the upper part of the thigh, formed by the anastomotic branch of the sciatic, the first perforating, the internal circumflex, and the transverse branch of the external circumflex. A., Intestinal, an operation consisting in establishing a communication between the intestine above and that below the obstruc- Anastomotic (an-as-to-mof -ik). Pertaining to anastomosis.