arteria innominata
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin artēria (“artery”) and innōmināta (“unnamed”).
Noun[edit]
arteria innominata (plural arteriae innominatae)
- (dated, anatomy) The innominate artery or brachiocephalic artery.
- 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 169:
- The carotids were in their natural state; the arteria innominata and the subclavian were twice their natural diameter: their smaller branches were proportionally dilated and bent zigzag.