helicine
1Helicine — Hel i*cine, a. (Anat.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis. [1913 Webster] …
2Helicine arteries — can refer to: * helicine arteries of penis * helicine branches of uterine artery …
3Helicine branches of uterine artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = rami helicini arteriae uterinae GraySubject = 155 GrayPage = 615 Caption = Vessels of the uterus and its appendages, rear view. (Helicine branches labeled at center top.) Caption2 = BranchFrom = uterine… …
4Helicine arteries of penis — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteriae helicinae penis GraySubject = 262 GrayPage = 1251 Caption = Diagram of the arteries of the penis. Caption2 = BranchFrom = BranchTo = Vein = Supplies = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = a 61… …
5helicine — 1. Coiled. 2. SYN: helical (1). [G. helix, a coil] * * * hel·i·cine (helґĭ sēn) spiral (def. 2) …
6hélicine — (é li si n ) s. f. Mucilage provenant des limaçons. ÉTYMOLOGIE En grec, limaçon …
7helicine — …
8helicine artery — hel·i·cine artery hel ə .sēn , hē lə .sīn n any of various convoluted and dilated arterial vessels that empty directly into the cavernous spaces of erectile tissue and function in its erection …
9helicine arteries — 1. small arteries that for their entire length have a band of thickened intima on one side, in which longitudinal muscle fibers are embedded. They follow a convoluted or curled course and open directly into cavernous sinuses instead of… …
10Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… …
