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ARTERIOLOVENULAR ANASTOMOSIS [1 record]

Record 1 2020-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Vessels (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
anastomosis arteriolovenularis
Latin, see observation
anastomosis arteriovenosa
Latin, see observation
A12.0.00.002
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A vessel that directly interconnects the arterial and venous systems and that acts as a shunt to bypass the capillary bed.

OBS

arteriolovenular anastomosis; arteriovenous anastomosis: Although the term anastomosis arteriovenosa is widely used, for the sake of correctness anastomosis arteriolovenularis is the preferred term, since the structure in question does not link an artery and a vein, but an arteriole and a venule.

OBS

arteriolovenular anastomosis; arteriovenous anastomosis: designations derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A12.0.00.002: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
anastomosis arteriolovenularis
Latin, see observation
anastomosis arteriovenosa
Latin, see observation
A12.0.00.002
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Communication entre une veinule et une artériole.

OBS

anastomose artérioloveinulaire : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A12.0.00.002 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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