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Subclavian   Listen
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Subclavian  adj.  (Anat.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.






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"Subclavian" Quotes from Famous Books



... kept at a distance; the other came near enough to converse with them, and said, the man they were in search of was dead, in an adjoining cove, whither they went and found his body. The ball had passed through the shoulder, and had cut the subclavian artery: the body was warm, and as his friends had left it covered with some boughs and fern, it was probable they did not intend either to bury or burn it. It proved to be the man who had thrown the fiz-gig; and as there was a necessity for firing on him, ...
— An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island • John Hunter

... 28—*Diagram of drainage system for the lymph.* 1. Thoracic duct. 2. Right lymphatic duct. 3. Left subclavian vein. 4. Right subclavian vein. 5. Superior vena cava. 6. Lacteals. 7. Lymphatic glands. The small tubes connecting with the lymph spaces in all parts of the body ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.



Words linked to "Subclavian" :   clavicle, subclavian vein



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