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INNOMINATE ARTERY [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

The common carotid arteries differ in length and in their mode of origin. The right begins at the bifurcation of the innominate artery behind the sternoclavicular joint and is confined to the neck. The left springs from the highest part of the arch of the aorta to the left of, and on a plane posterior to the innominate artery, and therefore consists of a thoracic and a cervical portion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Tronc artériel qui irrigue la tête et le cou; à droite, l'artère naît par bifurcation du tronc artériel brachio-céphalique, à gauche, elle se détache de la crosse de l'aorte.

OBS

Ancienne dénomination : artère carotide primitive (arteria carotis primitiva)

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

Left thoracotomy provides excellent exposure for all vascular rings except the displaced innominate artery, for which a right thoracotomy is the best approach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

Sur sa partie supérieure, la crosse de l'aorte donne naissance à trois artères différentes. La première d'entre elles est le tronc artériel brachiocéphalique, qui se divise immédiatement en artère carotide droite, irriguant la moitié droite de la tête, et en artère sous-clavière droite.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

A major arterial trunk of the upper extremity, which includes the left subclavian artery(which branches off the aortic arch) and the right subclavian artery(which branches off the brachiocephalic or innominate artery). It supplies major arteries to the brain, neck, and anterior thoracic wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

L'artère subclavière est le vaisseau principal de l'épaule. En passant sous la clavicule, elle devient l'artère axillaire. Deux branches de l'artère subclavière a. suprascapulaire et a. scapulaire descendante (des mm. rhomboïdes) irriguent les structures postérieures de l'épaule.

Key term(s)
  • artère sous-clavière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Origen, a la derecha del tronco braquiocefálico, a la izquierda del cayado aórtico; ramas, vertebral, tronco tirocervical, mamaria interna; tronco costocervical, escapular descendente; se continúa directamente con la axilar.

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