Shunt

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• arteriovenous (AV) shunt
• cardiac shunt
• peritoneal venous shunt
• Thomas shunt
• ventriculocisternostomy
• ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt

Introduction

• A diversion or detour.

• In physiology: Flow of blood or other body fluid through an abnormal passage.
• In biochemistry: A pathway circumventing another pathway, i.e. hexose monophosphate shunt

More General Terms

• physiology
• biochemistry

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

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