re·te

(rē′tē)

n. pl. re·ti·a (rē′tē-ə, rē′shə)

An anatomical mesh or network, as of veins, arteries, or nerves.

[Latin rēte, net.]

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rete

(ˈriːtɪ)

n, pl retia (ˈriːʃɪə; -tɪə)

(Anatomy) anatomy any network of nerves or blood vessels; plexus

[C14 (referring to a metal network used with an astrolabe): from Latin rēte net]

ˈretial adj

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re•te

(ˈri ti)

n., pl. re•ti•a (ˈri ʃi ə, -ʃə, -ti ə)

a network, as of fibers, nerves, or blood vessels.

[1350–1400; Middle English riet < Latin rēte net]

re′ti•al (-ʃi əl) adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

rete - a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

plexus

anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"

aortic plexus - a plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta

nerve plexus - a network of intersecting nerves

choroid plexus, plexus choroideus - a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure

lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis - a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels

pterygoid plexus - a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins

rete testis - network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia

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In camel and in contrast to the situation in other ruminants, brain receives its blood supply from two sources: the proximal segment of the internal carotid arteries, which is formed from the rostral epidural rete mirabile and the basilar and cerebrospinal arteries which are considerable size, indicating the flow of blood towards the cerebral arterial circle (circle of Willis) (Kanan, 1970; Smuts & Bezuidenhout, 1987; Ocal et al., 1999).

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Most common routes of collateralization include ipsilateral posterior communicating and anterior communicating arteries, however additional pathways have been described including external caraotid artery transcranial anastamosis (termed "rete mirabile") and embryologic remnants such as the persistent trigeminal artery.

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In addition, we provide a brief description of the orbital rete mirabile of the species.

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