artery

Signification (Anglais)

1. Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
2. A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.

Concepts

artère

veine

grande route

Synonymes

vein

blood vessel

arteria

tendon

nerve

blood-vein

main road

sinew

blood-vessel

main line

arterial blood vessel

thoroughfare

muscle

💪

major route

capillary

trunk road

vascular

venule

vessel

A

A

primary road

fibre

through-passage

arteria poplitea

popliteal artery

a

a

backbone road

arterial highway

blood vessels

channel

duct

fishing line

gland

highway

ligament

main

pulse

route

stem

trunk

trunk line

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā, “windpipe; artery”).