- r. acromiale arteriae thoracoacromialis [TA] SYN: acromial anastomosis of the thoracoacromial artery.
- r. arteriosum [TA] SYN: arterial plexus.
- r. articulare cubiti [TA] SYN: cubital anastomosis.
- r. calcaneum [TA] SYN: calcaneal anastomosis.
- r. cutaneum corii the network of vessels parallel to the surface between the corium and the tela subcutanea.
- malpighian r. SYN: malpighian stratum.
- r. mirabile [TA] a vascular network interrupting the continuity of an artery or vein, such as occurs in the glomeruli of the kidney (arterial) or in the liver (venous).
- r. patellare [TA] SYN: patellar anastomosis.
- r. testis [TA] the network of canals at the termination of the straight tubules in the mediastinum testis. SYN: Haller r., r. halleri.
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1) a network esp. of blood vessels or nerves: PLEXUS
2) an anatomical part resembling or including a network
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n.
a network of blood vessels, nerve fibres, or other strands of interlacing tissue in the structure of an organ. The rete testis is a network of tubules conducting sperm from the seminiferous tubules of the testis to the vasa efferentia.
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re·te (reґte) pl. reґtia [L. “netâ€] anatomical nomenclature for a network, especially of arteries or veins. See also net, network, and plexus. retial adjMedical dictionary. 2011.