Anatomy
artery Audio
ar·ter·y [ ahr-tuh-ree ]
Subclass of:
Blood Vessel
Etymology:
Greek perhaps from aer = air + terein = to keep
Definitions related to arteries:
  • (artery) A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart and to various parts of the body.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (artery) A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to tissues and organs in the body.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (artery) Subdivision of arterial tree (organ) which consists of branching sets of arteries that form a tree; together with other arterial trees (organ part), it constitutes an arterial tree (organ). Examples: pulmonary arterial tree, right coronary arterial tree, superior mesenteric tree.
    Digital Anatomist
    University of Washington, 2003
  • (artery) Vessels carrying blood away from the heart.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The vessels carrying blood away from the heart.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Artery, in human physiology, any of the vessels that, with one exception, carry oxygenated blood and nourishment from the heart to the tissues of the body. The exception, the pulmonary artery, carries oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs for oxygenation and removal of excess carbon dioxide...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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