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DictionarySeearteryspiral artery
spi·ral ar·ter·yone of the corkscrewlike arteries in premenstrual or progestational endometrium. Synonym(s): coiled artery of the uterusspiral arteryThe coiled terminal branch of a uterine artery. It supplies the superficial two thirds of the endometrium, and, in a pregnant uterus, it empties into intervillous spaces, supplying blood that bathes the chorionic villi at the placental site. Synonym: coiled arterySee also: artery |