arcuate

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Connecting Broca’s area with Wernicke’s is a neural network: a thick, curving bundle of billions of nerve fibres, the arcuate fasciculus, which integrates the production and the comprehension of language.

From The New Yorker

In this disorder, a ligament supporting the diaphragm, known as the median arcuate ligament, cuts off circulation not to the colon but to the stomach, by obstructing the artery that delivers blood there.

From New York Times

She was diagnosed with an extremely rare condition called median arcuate ligament syndrome, or MALS.

From Washington Times

This is an image showing a 3D-printed reconstruction of the white matter pathway connecting two areas of the human brain - the arcuate fasciculus.

From BBC

She had something called MALS, or median arcuate ligament syndrome, Lois announced triumphantly.

From New York Times