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nutrient artery

NOUN
  1. an artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the long bone

How To Use nutrient artery In A Sentence

  • Results:(1) The position and external diameter of peroneal artery, its accompanying vein and the distribution of fibular nutrient artery were observed.
  • The nutrient artery of tibia is the main source of blood supply in the bone marrow.
  • The blood supply of the metatarsals is derived from the nutrient artery, the periosteal arteries, the epiphyseo-metaphyseal arteries and the pseudoepiphyseal arteries.
  • The epiphyseal-metaphyseal regions are copiously supplied by vessels entering from the periphery and by the nutrient artery.
  • It is a general practice of the orthopaedic surgeons to strip the periosteum, to ream the medullary cavity etc, which may easily cause injury of the nutrient artery of the long bones.
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