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Bifurcation

Bifurcation (bifurcatio – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian), lat. bifurcus – doubled) – division of any tubular body into two branches, approximately identical size, for example, bifurcation of an aorta, bifurcation of a trachea.

 
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