動脈(どうみゃく)

どうみゃく
noun
artery
1. artery
A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body.
動脈(どうみゃく)は心臓(しんぞう)から血液(けつえき)を運(はこ)ぶ。
Arteries carry blood from the heart.
動脈(どうみゃく)硬化(こうか)は危険(きけん)な病気(びょうき)だ。
Arteriosclerosis is a dangerous disease.
頸動脈(けいどうみゃく)で脈(みゃく)を測(はか)る。
I measure the pulse at the carotid artery.

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

Related Words

Contrast: 静脈(じょうみゃく) (vein)
general
Added 2026.1.16 22:52 · Revised 2026.1.28 19:20
05500/05857_doumyaku