subclavian artery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A paired artery of the upper thorax which passes beneath the clavicle and mainly supplies the upper limb, and continues as the axillary artery at the lateral border of the first rib.

Word forms

subclavian artery subclavian arteries
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