APA Dictionary of Psychology
anastomosis
- n. (pl. anastomoses)
- the surgical connection of two normally separate structures.
- an alternate pathway formed by branching of a main circuit, as found in nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels. The brain is served by arterial anastomoses that help ensure a continuing blood flow in the event of one pathway being blocked by a blood clot or rupture of a blood vessel.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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