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What is an artery?

What is an artery? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
  2. A major transit corridor.
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Within the device, a diaphragm is actuated pneumatically, electrically, or magnetically, and it pumps blood into the aorta or pulmonary artery.
A hole had been cut in her windpipe and the main artery in her neck had been severed almost all the way through.
Anesthesia care providers must identify and locate the internal jugular veins for pulmonary artery catheter line placement.
Ruth was referred to a vascular surgeon to assess her splenic artery aneurysm.
The artery and nerve may be compromised if a variation of the abductor digiti minimi also occupies the canal.
The right recurrent laryngeal nerve usually passes around and behind the subclavian artery and then ascends to enter the larynx.

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