What is "arteriosus"

Usage examples of "arteriosus".

Ergo, no need for blood to be circulated to the lungs, save to nourish the developing tissueand so the ductus arteriosus bypasses the pulmonary circulation.

There were also hearts in which the interventricular septum was deficient, the ductus arteriosus patent, or some valvular malformation present.

The ductus arteriosus is a small blood vessel that in the fetus joins the aorta to the pulmonary artery.

With the ductus arteriosus closed, blood heads out from the heart to the lungs, picks up oxygen, and comes back to be pumped out to the rest of the body.

A patent ductus arteriosus makes a continuous shushing murmur, soft, but audible with a little concentration, particularly in the supraclavicular and cervical regions.

A patent ductus arteriosus may have no symptoms, beyond that odd, continuous murmur.

Could feel in the tips of my fingers exactly what needed to be done, could see in the back of my eyes the heart, smaller than my fist, the slippery, pumping, rubbery muscle and the blood washing through the ductus arteriosus, a small vessel, no bigger than an eighth of an inch in circumference.

A ductus arteriosus was observed to communicate between the pulmonary artery and the descending aorta.