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50720. Anatomical terminology. [ edit on Wikidata] An artery (from Greek ἀρτηρία (artēríā)) [ 1] is a blood vessel in humans and most other animals that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart in the systemic circulation to one or more parts of the body. Exceptions that carry deoxygenated blood are the pulmonary arteries in the ...
The word corona is a Latin word meaning "crown", from the Ancient Greek κορώνη (korōnè, "garland, wreath"). It was applied to the coronary arteries because of a notional resemblance (compare the photos). The word arterie in Anglo-French (artaire in Old French, and artērium in Latin) means "windpipe" and "an artery". It was applied to ...
Coronary artery disease ( CAD ), also called coronary heart disease ( CHD ), ischemic heart disease ( IHD ), [ 13] myocardial ischemia, [ 14] or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart. [ 5][ 6][ 15] It is the most common of the ...
The aorta (/ eɪ ˈ ɔːr t ə / ay-OR-tə; pl.: aortas or aortae) is the main and largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart, branching upwards immediately after, and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits at the aortic bifurcation into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries).
Common carotid artery. The common carotid artery arises directly from the aorta on the left and as a branch of the brachiocephalic trunk on the right. In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries ( carotids) ( English: / kəˈrɒtɪd / [ 1][ 2]) are arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood; they divide in the neck ...
In the blood supply of the heart, the right coronary artery ( RCA) is an artery originating above the right cusp of the aortic valve, at the right aortic sinus in the heart. [ 1][ 2] It travels down the right coronary sulcus, towards the crux of the heart. [ 1][ 3] It gives off many branches, including the sinoatrial nodal artery, right ...
Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft ( CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart. It can relieve chest pain caused by CAD, slow the progression of CAD, and increase life expectancy.
The deep femoral artery is a large and important branch that arises from the lateral side of the femoral artery about 1.5 in. (4 cm) below the inguinal ligament. It passes medially behind the femoral vessels and enters the medial fascial compartment of the thigh. It ends by becoming the fourth perforating artery.