On board of her, and in company with the President of the Province, I have already visited that extraordinary network of river Anastomoses and lakes, stretching between the river Madeira and the Amazons to the river Tapajos, and now I am ascending the Rio Negro, with the intention of going up as far as the junction of the Rio Branco with the Rio Negro.
"Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence"
Louis Agassiz
The Middle Branch descends between the artery and the vein, and freely Anastomoses with the two other branches.
"Diseases of the Horse's Foot"
Harry Caulton Reeks
The stem, which is divided at irregular intervals by partitions, often crosses and recrosses its own course and even Anastomoses, and a fur-like structure is formed in which the zooecia representing the hairs become much elongated; but upright branches are never formed.
"Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa"
Nelson Annandale