Watershed area (medical)
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Watershed area (medical)
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Watershed area is the medical term referring to regions of the body, that receive dual blood supply from the most distal branches of two large arteries, such as the splenic flexure of the large intestine. The term refers metaphorically to a geological watershed, or drainage divide, which separates adjacent drainage basins.For example, the watershed area of colon includes the griffith point and sudeck’s point. During times of blockage of one of the arteries that supply the watershed area, such as
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2024-03-28T14:56:26Z
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