Anatomy
brachial artery
[ brey-kee-uhl, brak-ee- ahr-tuh-ree ]
Subclass of:
Arteries
Definitions related to brachial artery:
  • (artery, brachial) An artery of the forelimb; in general it arises from the axillary artery and branches to form the radial and ulnar arteries.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (brachial) The artery of the upper arm, whose pulse can be palpated on the inner surface of the upper arm between the bodies of the biceps and triceps muscles.
    ACC/AHA Clinical Data Terminology
    American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association , 2020
  • An artery originating at the axillary artery and branching into the radial and ulnar arteries.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The continuation of the axillary artery; it branches into the radial and ulnar arteries.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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