See Also: ramus anterior descendens(medicine)
ramus descendens(medicine)
ramus posterior descendens(medicine)
ramus descendens arteriae occipitalis(medicine)
ramus pharyngeus arteriae palatini descendens(medicine)
ramus profundus arteria scapularis descendens(medicine)
ramus descendens arteriae circumflexae femoris lateralis(medicine)
ramus anterior(medicine)
ramus basalis anterior(medicine)
ramus anterior ascendens(medicine)

Flanders (sh) and ramus anterior descendens (medicine)


Flanders (sh)




Flemish Vlaanderen

Medieval principality extending along the coast of the Low Countries.

Its lands are now included in the French departement of Nord, the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders, and the Dutch province of Zeeland. Ruled by Baldwin I in 862, Flanders began to grow as a commercial centre, fostered by its strategic location between the Mediterranean Sea and the Scandinavian and Baltic countries. It passed to Burgundy in 1384 and then to the Austrian Habsburgs in 1477. It remained part of the Netherlands under Spanish rule in the 17th century. It was the scene of fighting during both World War I and World War II. Limited autonomy was granted to Belgian Flanders in the 1980s, and it became one of the three regions in the new federation of Belgium in 1993.


ramus anterior descendens (medicine)


ramus anterior descendens -->
descending anterior branch


The descending anterior branch of the superior lobar branches of the right and left pulmonry arteries.

Synonym: ramus anterior descendens.