bifurcation

bifurcation
A forking; a division into two branches. SYN: bifurcatio [TA].
- b. of aorta SYN: aortic b..
- aortic b. [TA] the division of the aorta into right and left common iliac arteries; it occurs at the level of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebral body. SYN: bifurcatio aortae [TA], b. of aorta.
- b. of pulmonary trunk [TA] the division of the pulmonary trunk into right and left pulmonary arteries. SYN: bifurcatio trunci pulmonalis [TA].
- b. of trachea SYN: tracheal b..
- tracheal b. [TA] the division of the trachea into the right and left main bronchi; it occurs at the level of the fifth or sixth thoracic vertebral body and is marked internally by the presence of a carina or keellike ridge between the diverging bronchi. SYN: bifurcatio tracheae [TA], b. of trachea.

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n.
(in anatomy) the point at which division into two branches occurs; for example in blood vessels or in the trachea.

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bi·fur·ca·tion (bi″fər-kaґshən) [L. bifurcatio, from bi- + furca fork] 1. division into two branches. 2. bifurcatio.

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