anastomosis has definitions from the field of surgery
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[ noun ] (surgery) a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

Synonyms

inosculation

Used in print

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

No bronchial_artery pulmonary_artery anastomoses were noted in this group .

With completion of filling , net-like anastomoses were noted to be present between these separately derived branches .

One bronchial arteriolar pulmonary arteriolar anastomosis was noted at the terminal bronchiolar level ( fig. 26 ) .

The presence of normally occurring bronchial_artery pulmonary_artery anastomoses was first noted in 1721 by Ruysch , and thereafter by many others .

Our own studies in which bronchial_artery pulmonary_artery anastomoses were demonstrated , were accomplished by injecting the bronchial_artery first with no pressure on the pulmonary_artery or vein , and then by injecting the pulmonary_artery and vein afterwards .

Related terms

junction anastomose

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