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- noun Plural form of
artery .
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Examples
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The lungs also receive blood from two (in some individuals three) small arteries branching from the aorta, known as the _bronchial arteries_.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Two large arteries from the aorta, called the _renal arteries_, supply them with blood, and they are connected with the inferior vena cava by the _renal veins_.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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The muscular substance of the heart itself is supplied with nourishment by two little arteries called the _coronary arteries_, which start from the aorta just above two of the semilunar valves.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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The large intestine is furnished with three arteries, called the _colic arteries_.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Giant, hulking water trucks are still making their deliveries to camps and residential areas, the sun is still blisteringly hot, and traffic along the city's main arteries is still atrocious.
Susana Ferreira: Everyone has Cholera on Their Mind Susana Ferreira 2010
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Giant, hulking water trucks are still making their deliveries to camps and residential areas, the sun is still blisteringly hot, and traffic along the city's main arteries is still atrocious.
Susana Ferreira: Everyone has Cholera on Their Mind Susana Ferreira 2010
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As the person performing the ritual recites the Koran, he makes a quick cut to the main arteries in the neck.
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Giant, hulking water trucks are still making their deliveries to camps and residential areas, the sun is still blisteringly hot, and traffic along the city's main arteries is still atrocious.
Susana Ferreira: Everyone has Cholera on Their Mind Susana Ferreira 2010
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As the person performing the ritual recites the Koran, he makes a quick cut to the main arteries in the neck.
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If damage to the arteries is significant, the child will have to be monitored by a cardiologist for the rest of his life so that problems, should they develop, can be addressed immediately.
Kawasaki Disease 2010
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