動脈(どうみゃく)

動脈(どうみゃく) refers to arteries—blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body.

TYPES OF ARTERIES:

• 大動脈(だいどうみゃく): aorta (main artery)
• 冠動脈(かんどうみゃく): coronary artery (heart)
• 頸動脈(けいどうみゃく): carotid artery (neck)
• 肺動脈(はいどうみゃく): pulmonary artery

RELATED MEDICAL TERMS:

• 動脈硬化(どうみゃくこうか): arteriosclerosis (hardening of arteries)
• 動脈瘤(どうみゃくりゅう): aneurysm
• 動脈血(どうみゃくけつ): arterial blood

CONTRAST:

• 動脈(どうみゃく): artery (carries blood FROM the heart)
• 静脈(じょうみゃく): vein (carries blood TO the heart)

RELATED:

• 脈(みゃく): pulse
• 血管(けっかん): blood vessel