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腕頭動脈 (わんとうどうみゃく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

腕わん頭とう動どう脈みゃく

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Meanings

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noun

brachiocephalic trunk

anatomy

Anatomical term for the first major branch of the aortic arch, supplying blood to the right arm and the head and neck.

腕わん頭とう動どう脈みゃくは大だい動どう脈みゃく弓きゅうから最さい初しょに分ぶん岐きする太ふとい血けっ管かんです。
The brachiocephalic trunk is the first large vessel branching from the aortic arch.

Kanji

腕arm, ability, talent
頭head, counter for large animals
動move, motion, change
脈vein, pulse, hope

Similar words

大だい動どう脈みゃく
大動脈 (aorta) is the main artery from which the 腕頭動脈 branches.
鎖さ骨こつ下か動どう脈みゃく
鎖骨下動脈 (subclavian artery) is one of the terminal branches of the 腕頭動脈.

Etymology

Compound of 腕頭 (brachiocephalic, from 腕 'arm' and 頭 'head') and 動脈 (artery). The term is a direct anatomical borrowing from Western medicine.