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arcuate

adjective as in arced

adjective as in arciform

adjective as in curvilinear

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Connecting Broca’s area with Wernicke’s is a neural network: a thick, curving bundle of billions of nerve fibres, the arcuate fasciculus, which integrates the production and the comprehension of language.

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In this disorder, a ligament supporting the diaphragm, known as the median arcuate ligament, cuts off circulation not to the colon but to the stomach, by obstructing the artery that delivers blood there.

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She was diagnosed with an extremely rare condition called median arcuate ligament syndrome, or MALS.

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This is an image showing a 3D-printed reconstruction of the white matter pathway connecting two areas of the human brain - the arcuate fasciculus.

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She had something called MALS, or median arcuate ligament syndrome, Lois announced triumphantly.

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