See Also: dorsal scapular artery(medicine)
dorsal scapular vein(medicine)
dorsal scapular nerve(medicine)
descending scapular artery(medicine)
circumflex scapular artery(medicine)
transverse scapular artery(medicine)
dorsal artery of penis(medicine)
dorsal digital artery(medicine)
dorsal thoracic artery(medicine)
dorsal metacarpal artery(medicine)

Hecdecane (medicine) and dorsal scapular artery (medicine)


Hecdecane (medicine)


hecdecane
<chemistry> A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon.

Synonym: hexadecane.

Origin: Gr. Six + ten.

Source: Websters Dictionary


dorsal scapular artery (medicine)


dorsal scapular artery
<anatomy, artery> Origin, subclavian or as the deep branch of the transverse cervical; distribution, passes deep to the rhomboid muscles, supplying them and Other muscles and skin along the vertebral border of the scapula; anastomoses, suprascapular and scapular circumflex.

Synonym: arteria dorsalis scapulae, rami profundi arteriae transversae cervicis, ramus profundus arteriae transversae colli, arteria scapularis dorsalis, arteria scapularis descendens, deep branch of the transverse cervical artery, descending scapular artery, ramus profundus arteria scapularis descendens.