See Also: appendicular vein(medicine)
appendicular(medicine)
appendicular(dictionary)
appendicular colic(medicine)
appendicular skeleton(medicine)
appendicular muscle(medicine)
appendicular artery(medicine)
appendicular lymph nodes(medicine)
Vein(health)
key vein(medicine)

animism (sh) and appendicular vein (medicine)


animism (sh)




Belief in the existence of spirits separable from bodies.

Such beliefs are traditionally identified with small-scale ("primitive") societies, though they also occur in major world religions. They were first competently surveyed by Edward Burnett Tylor in Primitive Culture (1871). Classic animism, according to Tylor, consists of attributing conscious life to natural objects or phenomena, a practice that eventually gave rise to the notion of a soul. See also shaman.


appendicular vein (medicine)


appendicular vein
<anatomy, vein> The tributary of the ileocolic vein that accompanies the appendicular artery.

Synonym: vena appendicularis.