conus arteriosus

co·nus ar·te·ri·o·sus

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Definitions of conus arteriosus words

noun plural conus arteriosus the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates. 1
noun conus arteriosus The infundibulum of the heart. 0

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

1855-60; < New Latin: literally, arterial cone. See arterio-, cone

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