Blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to other organs rather than lungs

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Human body, arteries and viscera, Persian, 1893

Iliac arteries: dissection of the abdomen of a male. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A.A. Cane, 1834.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

Anatomy and botany; left, half section of human thorax showing arteries and ribs; right, laurel Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

The anatomy of the arteries of the human body and its applications to pathology and operative surgery with a series of lithographic drawings / / by Richard Quain. The drawings from nature and on stone by Joseph Maclise.

Muscles and blood vessels of the head and neck: two figures of a dissection. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A.A. Cane, 1834.

Arteries of the neck: dissection. Coloured lithograph after G.D. Dermott by G. Scharf, 1824/25.

Anatomy, surgery and botany; top, dissected head showing arteries; centre, methods of bandaging the thorax and head; below, cleft lip (harelip) and instruments for surgery on  it; bottom, fly agaric mushroom. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Anatomy and botany; top left, dissected head and chest showing arteries; top right, larynx; bottom left, buckthorn plant; centre, surgical instruments; bottom right, electric ray fish. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Vessels and muscles of the arm and hand: two figures showing dissections of a shoulder and upper arm, and a forearm and hand with palm facing upwards. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A. A. Cane, 1834.

Surgery of the arteries : Lettsomian lectures of the Medical Society of London, 1875 / by C.F. Maunder.

Circulatory control.

On gunshot injuries to the bloodvessels : founded on experience gained in France during the Great War, 1914-1918 / by George Henry Makins.

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Arteries

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Surgery of the arteries : Lettsomian lectures of the Medical Society of London, 1875 / by C.F. Maunder.

Circulatory control.

Human body, arteries and viscera, Persian, 1893

Arteries of the neck: dissection. Coloured lithograph after G.D. Dermott by G. Scharf, 1824/25.

On gunshot injuries to the bloodvessels : founded on experience gained in France during the Great War, 1914-1918 / by George Henry Makins.

Arteries

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Images referencing Arteries

Works from the collections

Surgery of the arteries : Lettsomian lectures of the Medical Society of London, 1875 / by C.F. Maunder.

Circulatory control.

Human body, arteries and viscera, Persian, 1893

Arteries of the neck: dissection. Coloured lithograph after G.D. Dermott by G. Scharf, 1824/25.

On gunshot injuries to the bloodvessels : founded on experience gained in France during the Great War, 1914-1918 / by George Henry Makins.

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