Artery (disambiguation)

Artery (disambiguation)

Artery can mean:

*Artery, a blood vessel in the body that carries blood away from the heart.
**By analogy, artery or "arterial" can mean a major street.
**Hence, Central Artery, a freeway in Boston, Massachusetts.
*Artery (character), a character in the "Demonata", a series of books by Irish author Darren Shan.
*Artery (post-punk band), a late 1970s and early '80s band from the post-punk music scene in Sheffield, England.
*Artery (metal band), a Bulgarian Balkan metal band from Pomorie (Black Sea coast), currently playing in the Netherlands.

Arterial
*Arterial road, moderate or high-capacity road which is just below a highway level of service, Much like a biological artery


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