title: A definition of arteriomegaly and the size of arteries supplying the lower limbs.
abstract: A study has been made of the size of normal arteries supplying the lower limbs by measuring their circumferences at fixed points in cadavers and their diameters and lengths on aortographs. The arteriographs of a group of patients with dilated and elongated arteries have also been studied and a definition produced for the arteriographic condition known as arteriomegaly.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D000886:Anthropometry; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values