(anatomy) Any of several arteries that arise from the ophthalmic artery or its branches and supply various parts of the eye.

(anatomy) A branch of the internal carotid artery following the optic nerve through the optic foramen into the orbit and supplying the eye and adjacent structures.

(anatomy) A branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying the orbit and parts of the forehead.

plural of renal artery

(anatomy) Either of two branches of the abdominal aorta of which each supplies one of the kidneys.

(anatomy) An unpaired short artery arising from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and dividing almost immediately into the left gastric artery, splenic artery and common hepatic artery.

plural of testicular artery

(anatomy) The main artery of the thigh that originates as the continuation of the external iliac artery distal to the inguinal ligament and terminates as the popliteal artery as it passes through the adductor hiatus.

(anatomy) Either of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes, and of which one arises on each side from the front of the abdominal aorta a little below the corresponding renal artery and passes downward to the spermatic cord of the same side and along it to the testis.

plural of femoral artery