circumflex artery

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Noun

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circumflex artery - any of several paired curving arteries arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body arteria circumflexa femoris, circumflex artery of the thigh - an artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh muscles arteria circumflexa humeri, circumflex humeral artery - an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles arteria circumflexa ilium, circumflex iliac artery - an artery that supplies the lower abdominal walls and skin and the sartorius muscle arteria circumflexa scapulae, circumflex scapular artery - an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area