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hilum
has definitions from the field of anatomy
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[ noun ] (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
Synonyms Examples : "the hilus of the kidney" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The pulmonary_vein , however , without the limiting supportive tissue septa as in type 1 , , follows a more direct path to the hilum and does not maintain this close relationship ( figs. 8 , 22 ) . The bronchial_artery , except for a small number of short branches in the hilum , contributes none of the pleural blood supply . Here the pulmonary_vein , as in type 2 , , is noted to draw away from the bronchus , and to follow a more direct , independent course to the hilum ( figs. 23 , 24 ) . In type 1 , the pulmonary_vein closely follows the course of the bronchus and the pulmonary_artery from the periphery to the hilum . In type 3 , this general relationship is maintained peripherally but not centrally where the pulmonary_vein follows a more independent path to the hilum as is the case throughout the lung in type 2 , . |
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[ noun ] the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
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