organ of circulation
1Organ of Zuckerkandl — The abdominal aorta and its branches. (Organ of Zuckerkandl is not shown, but it usually appears alongside the abdominal aorta.) The Organ of Zuckerkandl is a chromaffin body derived from neural crest located at the bifurcation of the aorta …
2Circulation — may refer to: Circulatory system, a biological organ system whose primary function is to move substances to and from cells Circulation (fluid dynamics), the path integral of the fluid velocity around a closed curve Circulation (journal), one of… …
3circulation — circulable /serr kyeuh leuh beuhl/, adj. /serr kyeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing. 2. the continuous movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels, which is maintained… …
4Circulation — The movement of fluid in a regular or circuitous course. Although the noun "circulation" does not necessarily refer to the circulation of the blood, for all practical purposes today it does. Heart failure is an example of a problem with …
5Curtis Circulation — Company Type subsidiary Industry magazines Founded 1946 Headquarters New Milford, NJ, USA Services Distribution retail marketing publisher suppor …
6Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 9 995.92 eMedicine med/3372 …
7Curtis Organ — The Curtis Organ, named for publisher Cyrus H. K. Curtis, is one of the largest pipe organs in the world with 162 ranks and 10,731 pipes. It was manufactured by the Austin Organ Company as its Opus 1416 in 1926 for the Philadelphia… …
8Subfornical organ — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = organum subfornicale GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. (Subfornical organ not labeled, but fornix and foramen of Monro are both labeled near… …
9closed-open circulation theory — the theory that both an open and a closed circulation are present in the spleen; e.g., a closed circulation in a contracted spleen may become an open circulation when the organ is distended. Cf. closed circulation t. and open circulation t …
10portal circulation — 1. the circulation of blood from the capillaries of one organ through larger vessels to the capillaries of another organ, before returning through larger veins back to the heart. 2. the passage of the blood from capillaries of the… …
