See Also: saphenous branch of descending genicular artery(medicine)
descending genicular artery(medicine)
descending branch of occipital artery(medicine)
pharyngeal branch of descending palatine artery(medicine)
descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery(medicine)
infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve(medicine)
descending branch(medicine)
descending posterior branch(medicine)
descending anterior branch(medicine)
middle genicular artery(medicine)

eosinophilic meningoencephalitis (medicine) and saphenous branch of descending genicular artery (medicine)


eosinophilic meningoencephalitis (medicine)


eosinophilic meningoencephalitis


A disease caused by infection with the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, whose larvae, ingested with infected slugs or land snails (or some unidentified transport host), migrate from intestine to the meninges of the brain where the disease is produced; it is usually mild, of short duration, and characterised by fever, eosinophilia, and white blood cells (rarely nematode larvae) in the spinal fluid.


saphenous branch of descending genicular artery (medicine)


saphenous branch of descending genicular artery
<anatomy, artery> Branch of descending genicular artery supplying skin of the upper part of the medial aspect of the leg; anastomosis: medial inferior genicular artery (articular vascular network of knee).

Synonym: ramus saphenus arteriae descendentis genicularis.