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Branch (medicine)
Branch (pronounced: /bræntʃ/) in the context of medicine, refers to a division or subdivision of the main structure, often used to describe parts of the human body, such as blood vessels, nerves, or the bronchial tree. The term is derived from the Old French branche, meaning "offshoot" or "scion; bough, branch; descendant".
Related Terms
- Artery: A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to other parts of the body. Arteries often branch into smaller vessels.
- Nerve: A bundle of fibers that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs. Nerves often have multiple branches.
- Bronchus: Any of the major air passages of the lungs which diverge from the windpipe. The bronchus branches into smaller tubes, which in turn become bronchioles.
- Bifurcation: The point at which something divides into two branches or parts.
- Tree structure: A way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form. In medicine, it is often used to describe the branching nature of anatomical structures.
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External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Branch
- Wikipedia's article - Branch
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