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Innominate artery

noun

A large artery arising from the arch of the aorta and divides into the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery; supplies the right side of the neck and head and the right shoulder and arm.

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... years that had swallowed a half-penny, Atkins reports rupture of the innominate artery. No symptoms developed, but six weeks later, the child had an attack of ulcerative stomatitis, from which it seemed to be recovering nicely, when suddenly it ejected two ounces of bright red blood in clots, and became collapsed out ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

Words linked to "Innominate artery" : arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery