rami-, ram- +

A primary division of a spinal nerve that supplies the lateral and ventral portions of the body wall, limbs, and perineum (the region of the abdomen surrounding the urogenital and anal openings).

Denoting a nerve cell whose axon, usually short, breaks up into many branches.

One of the collateral branches of each primary bronchus.

The vertical portion of the mandible (the lower jaw of a human or animal, usually containing a single bone).

One of the primary branches of a spinal nerve that re-enters the vertebral foramen (large opening in a vertebra formed by its body and its arch) and supplies the meninges and vertebral column.

Meninges are a series of membranous layers of connective tissue that protect the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

Damage or infection to the meninges; such as, in meningitis, can cause serious neurological damage and even death.

One of the primary branches of a spinal nerve that supplies the muscles and skin of the back of the body.

A small branch (of a zoophyte).

Creatures that live where they can exist on twigs and branches.

Living on twigs and branches.

1. The horny sheath of the rami of the lower mandible of birds.
2. Having ramified antenna, as with insects.

1. A usually unintended consequence of an action, decision, or judgment that may complicate the situation or make the intended result more difficult to achieve.
2. The process of dividing or spreading out into branches.
3. A branch or arrangement of branches.
4. Forming, or developing into, a branch.

Bearing branches.

To branch out.

1. A usually unintended consequence of an action, decision, or judgment that may complicate the situation or make the intended result more difficult to achieve.
2. The process of dividing or spreading out into branches.
3. A branch or arrangement of branches.
4. The branches of a tree collectively.
5. A branch or dichotomy; branching.

That which divides or spreads out into branches or branchlike parts; extending into subdivisions.