arteriole is a small-diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends and branches out from an artery and leads to capillaries. Arterioles have...

The efferent arterioles are blood vessels that are part of the urinary tract of organisms. Efferent (from Latin ex + ferre) means "outgoing", in this case...

The afferent arterioles are a group of blood vessels that supply the nephrons in many excretory systems. They play an important role in the regulation...

the blood supply of the kidney that enter the medulla as the straight arterioles, and leave the medulla to ascend to the cortex as the straight venules...

afferent arteriole of the renal arterial circulation. Unlike most capillary beds, the glomerular capillaries exit into efferent arterioles rather than...

the glomerulus. The rest passes into an efferent arteriole. The diameter of the efferent arteriole is smaller than that of the afferent, and this difference...

is the phenomenon where, on examination of the eye, a small artery (arteriole) is seen crossing a small vein (venule), which results in the compression...

corresponding efferent arteriole arises and then exits the capsule near the point where the afferent arteriole enters. Distally, efferent arterioles branch out to...

of the width of the arteriole and Silver wire arterioles where the central light reflex occupies all of the width of the arteriole, and "arterio-venular...

tissues. The microvessels include terminal arterioles, metarterioles, capillaries, and venules. Arterioles carry oxygenated blood to the capillaries,...

peritubular capillaries are tiny blood vessels, supplied by the efferent arteriole, that travel alongside nephrons allowing reabsorption and secretion between...

the sphincteric muscle surrounding a cutaneous arteriole. The central red dot is the dilated arteriole and the red "spider legs" are small capillaries...

two effects: (1) it decreases resistance to blood flow in the afferent arterioles, which raises glomerular hydrostatic pressure and helps return the glomerular...

kidney nephron, next to the glomerulus. It is found between the afferent arteriole and the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle (distal straight tubule)...

vasoconstriction of the afferent arteriole versus the lower blood pressure created by lesser vasoconstriction of the efferent arteriole.[citation needed] GFR is...

peripheral arteries into smaller arteries called arterioles, and eventually to capillaries. Arterioles help in regulating blood pressure by the variable...

middle layer is poorly developed so that venules have thinner walls than arterioles. They are porous so that fluid and blood cells can move easily from the...

fluid, and they convey blood from the smallest branches of the arteries (arterioles) to those of the veins (venules). Other substances which cross capillaries...

input or afferent arteriole versus the lower blood pressure created by lesser vasoconstriction of the output or efferent arteriole. GFR is equal to the...

The arcuate arteries of the kidney, also known as arciform arteries, are vessels of the renal circulation. They are located at the border of the renal...

artery supplies several interlobular arteries that feed into the afferent arterioles that supply the glomeruli. After filtration occurs, the blood moves through...

vessels: the arteries, which carry the blood away from the heart; the arterioles; the capillaries, where the exchange of water and chemicals between the...

location of the glomerulus. At the vascular pole, the afferent arterioles and efferent arterioles enter and leave the glomerulus in the Bowman's capsule. The...

afferent arteriole is modified based on the difference between the sensed concentration and a target concentration. Vasodilation of the afferent arteriole, which...

consists of the following five structures: proper hepatic artery, an arteriole branch of the hepatic artery that supplies oxygen hepatic portal vein...

into arterioles which act as a transportation system to distribute primarily oxygen as well as nutrients to all tissues of the body. As the arterioles move...

vasoconstrictor of arterioles. In the kidneys, angiotensin II constricts glomerular arterioles, having a greater effect on efferent arterioles than afferent...

periarteriolar lymphoid sheaths (PALS) are typically associated with the arteriole supply of the spleen; they contain T lymphocytes. Lymph follicles with...

They have also been called helicine branches of the uterus (or helicine arterioles), as they are spiral-shaped, but they should not be confused with the...

extraglomerular mesangial cells are found between the afferent and efferent arterioles towards the vascular pole of the glomerulus. The extraglomerular mesangial...

resistance. Vasoconstriction (i.e., decrease in the diameter of arteries and arterioles) increases resistance, whereas vasodilation (increase in diameter) decreases...

artery or pulmonary trunk from the heart, and the smallest ones are the arterioles, which lead to the capillaries that surround the pulmonary alveoli. The...

angiotensin II also constricts the afferent arteriole into the glomerulus in addition to the efferent arteriole it normally constricts. Since NSAIDs block...

Schweigger-Seidel sheath is a phagocytic sleeve that is part of a sheathed arteriole of the spleen, and is sometimes referred to as a splenic ellipsoid. It...

which oxygenation decreases during pneumonia. Furthermore, damage of arterioles and capillaries was found in brain tissue samples of people who died from...

cardiovascular disease involving hardening and loss of elasticity of arterioles or small arteries and is most often associated with hypertension and diabetes...

1. Glomerulus, 2. Efferent arteriole, 3. Bowman's capsule, 4. Proximal convoluted tubule, 5. Cortical collecting duct, 6. Distal convoluted tubule, 7...

drops. This is why[citation needed] the arterioles have the highest pressure-drop. The pressure drop of the arterioles is the product of flow rate and resistance:...

other organs according to demands through the opening and closing of arterioles and capillaries.[citation needed] Malperfusion can refer to any type of...

exudates. The bulbar conjunctival microvasculature contains arterioles, meta-arterioles, venules, capillaries, and communicating vessels. Vessel morphology...

ultimately portal venules. Each portal venule courses alongside a hepatic arteriole and the two vessels form the vascular components of the portal triad....

vascular neoplasms. They may be composed of abnormal aggregations of arterioles, capillaries or venules. Because telangiectasias are vascular lesions...

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intervertebral disc to the adjacent vertebrae. Each fibre is accompanied by an arteriole and one or more nerve fibres. Scottish anatomist William Sharpey described...

refers to the inherent attempt of vascular smooth muscle surrounding arterioles and arteries to maintain the tension in the wall of these blood vessels...

lesions are characterized by a single abnormally large blood vessel (arteriole) beneath the gastrointestinal mucosa (submucosa) that bleeds, in the absence...

two poles: The vascular pole is the side with the afferent arteriole and efferent arteriole. The tubular pole, is the side with the proximal convoluted...

Masson in 1924. Histologically, glomus tumors are made up of an afferent arteriole, anastomotic vessel, and collecting venule. Glomus tumors are modified...

bypass arterioles of the third and fourth gill arches (which do not actually have gills) are shut, the second, fifth and sixth gill arch arterioles are open...

lymphocytes in periarteriolar lymphoid sheaths (PALS) situated around central arterioles and B lymphocytes in follicles adjacent to PALS. This positioning allows...

pressure; however, constriction of the afferent and efferent glomerular arterioles will tend to restrict renal blood flow. The effect on the efferent arteriolar...

neuronal cell body to other neurons, local muscle tissue, glands and arterioles. In the axon reflex, signaling starts in the middle of the axon at the...

of blood volume by the constant injection of adrenaline into the small arterioles which constrict, preventing a proper flow of blood within the body and...

distal convoluted tubule and the juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent arteriole. The specific function of extraglomerular mesangial cells is not well...

vasodilators are substances or medications that preferentially dilate arterioles. When used on people with certain heart conditions, it causes a phenomenon...

muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles. The process is the opposite of vasodilation, the widening of blood vessels...

The term dolichoectasia means elongation and distension. It is used to characterize arteries throughout the human body which have shown significant deterioration...

artery supplies several interlobular arteries that feed into the afferent arterioles that supply the glomeruli. Blood drains from the kidneys, ultimately into...

actions of various inflammatory mediators. Vasodilation occurs first at the arteriole level, progressing to the capillary level, and brings about a net increase...

Womersley numbers tend to 1 at the level of the terminal arteries. In the arterioles, capillaries, and venules the Womersley numbers are less than one. In...

directly dilates the afferent arteriole and counteracts the norepinephrine induced vasoconstriction of the afferent arteriole.  Some studies suggest that...

Blood capillaries are found beneath the epidermis, and are linked to an arteriole and a venule. The epidermis itself has no blood supply and is nourished...

Arterial tone, the continuous and passive partial contraction of the arterioles Tonicity, the ability of a solution to cause water movement The Pythagorean...

syndrome in which the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and pulmonary arterioles (the blood vessels located proximal to the capillary bed, the site of...

Feline arterial thromboembolism (FATE syndrome) (German: Feline arterielle Thromboembolie) is a disease of the domestic cat in which blood clots (thrombi)...

the tunica media of the walls of the afferent arterioles and - to a lesser extent - efferent arterioles of the glomerulus. They are located near the glomerulus...

marked alpha adrenergic activity that acts on alpha-receptors in the arterioles of the conjunctiva to produce constriction, resulting in decreased congestion...

there. At the point where each of the capillaries originates from an arteriole, contractile mural cells encircle the capillary. This is called the precapillary...

mesangium are also found along with mesangiolysis. Interlobular and afferent arterioles show fibrinoid necrosis and intimal hyperplasia and are often occluded...

walls, in particular in the large veins, large arteries, and smaller arterioles. Blood vessel walls are composed of endothelial tissue and a basal membrane...

adenosine receptors, thus preventing vasoconstriction of the afferent arteriole in the renal system. Studies shows that minimizing of the use of the medication...

flows into these capillaries through the afferent arterioles and leaves through the efferent arterioles. The high hydrostatic pressure forces small molecules...

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and decrease MLCP activity, promoting muscle contraction. This allows arterioles to increase resistance in response to increased blood pressure and thus...

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very smallest distal branches anastomose through the skull with small arterioles from the scalp. On entering the cranium, the middle meningeal artery gives...

the Martorell ulcer is assumed to be related to hypertension-induced arteriole changes in the dermis. The pain is often disproportionate, and the symptoms...

of bradykinin. The decrease in angiotensin II results in relaxation of arteriole smooth muscle leading to a decrease in total peripheral resistance, reducing...

through the aorta into systemic circulation, traveling through arteries, arterioles, and capillaries—where nutrients and other substances are exchanged between...

as stroke, as the plaque disrupts blood flow within the intracranial arterioles. This causes the downstream sections of the brain that would normally...

artery and branches into "resistance vessels" including small arteries and arterioles. Their walls contain larger number of smooth muscles, allowing them to...

smooth muscle cells of certain blood vessels, such as those found in skin arterioles or on veins, where it sits alongside the more plentiful α1-adrenergic...

metarteriole is a short microvessel in the microcirculation that links arterioles and capillaries. Instead of a continuous tunica media, they have individual...

Efferent may refer to: Meaning 'conveying away from a center': Efferent arterioles, conveying blood away from the Bowman's capsule in the kidney Efferent...

Cell arteritis(Temporal Arteritis) 447 Other disorders of arteries and arterioles 447.0 Arteriovenous fistula acquired 448 Disease of capillaries 449 Septic...

into arterioles which act as a transportation system to distribute primarily oxygen as well as nutrients to all tissues of the body. As the arterioles move...

autoregulation mechanism that dilates arterioles in response to blood pressure decreases and constricts arterioles in response to blood pressure increases...

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produce more vaginal lubrication. Vulval tissue is highly vascularised; arterioles dilate in response to sexual arousal and the smaller veins will compress...

hormone VP, AVP, ADH Kidneys and arterioles Stimulates water retention; raises blood pressure by contracting arterioles supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei...

glands, piloerectile muscles of the body hairs, and the skeletal muscle arterioles do not use adrenaline/noradrenaline. The adrenal medulla is considered...

Hand-warming involves arteriole vasodilation produced by a beta-2 adrenergic hormonal mechanism. Hand-cooling involves arteriole vasoconstriction produced...

astrocytes and intermediate-sized blood vessels, the arterioles. Nitric oxide is a vasodilator causing arterioles to expand and draw in more blood. A single voxel's...

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Reduction in the amount of angiotensin II results in relaxation of the arterioles. Reduction in the amount of angiotensin II also reduces the release of...

is mainly attributable to structural narrowing of small arteries and arterioles, although a reduction in the number or density of capillaries may also...

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ileocolic artery arcuate artery interlobular artery afferent arteriole efferent arteriole descending vasa recta peritubular capillaries testicular artery...

blood vessels of the head of the organ and in the exposed ends of the arterioles that have just been cut. Thus, the difference between the pressure in...

Atherosclerosis, by definition, affects only medium and large arteries (excluding arterioles). Macrovascular disease is associated with the development of coronary...

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cerebral blood vessels in malignant hypertension, also occurs in the arterioles of other organs, such as the kidneys and mesentery, lipohyalinosis is...

sensed by baroreceptors in the Juxtaglomerular (JG) Cells of the afferent arteriole. If the decrease in blood pressure is systemic (rather than occlusion...

current line of thinking goes that vasospasms in the cutaneous arteries and arterioles produce cyanotic discoloration, while compensatory dilatation in the postcapillary...

regulation of blood flow. Resistance arteries are usually small arteries or arterioles and include precapillary sphincters. Having thick muscular walls and narrow...

XT/XOT Alternating exotropia ARC Anomalous retinal correspondence A/V Arteriole–venue ratio BIO Binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy BSV Binocular single...

when systemic blood pressure is raised and dilate when it is lowered. Arterioles also constrict and dilate in response to different chemical concentrations...

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molecule involved in this process is nitric oxide, which helps widen arterioles. On the other hand, astrocytes use a different molecule, arachidonic acid...

arteriosclerosis-related CSVD, where lipohyalinosis causes stenosis of the lumen of the arterioles and amyloid-related CSVD, characterized by the build-up of β-amyloid deposits...

discovered that even after parts of the spinal cord were removed, the arterioles eventually recovered their contractility. These experiments settled a...

dyspepsia, and diarrhea. Flushing – a short-term dilatation of skin arterioles, causing reddish skin color – usually lasts for about 15 to 30 minutes...

(degranulation). In addition to other effects, histamine induces vasodilation of arterioles and constriction of bronchioles in the lungs, also known as bronchospasm...

Newtonian fluid. This assumption fails when considering forward flow within arterioles. At microscopic scales, effects of individual red blood cells become significant...

arteries (Windkessel vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles. Windkessel when loosely translated from German to English means 'air...

Cell layer around splenic arterioles...

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that primarily affects medium-sized arteries. While small vessels like arterioles, capillaries, and venules are not affected, small arteries can be. The...

conventional power Doppler imaging lacks sensitivity to detect small arterioles/venules and thus is unable to provide local neurofunctional information...

series of straight capillaries descending from the cortical efferent arterioles. These capillaries (called the vasa recta; recta is from the Latin for...

including large elastic arteries, and large veins; other arteries, smaller arterioles, capillaries that join with venules (small veins), and other veins. The...

vasopressin selectively contracts efferent arterioles probably through the V1R, but not the afferent arteriole. V2 receptor (V2R) differs from V1R primarily...

circulating haemoglobin becomes more obvious, especially in the face, when arterioles dilate and become tumefied with blood as a result of prolonged physical...

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atherosclerosis, is a sclerosis that only affects small arteries and arterioles, which carry nutrients and blood to the cells. Atherosclerosis is the...

juxtaglomerular cells in the afferent arteriole constrict, and juxtaglomerular cells in both the afferent and efferent arteriole decrease their renin secretion...

the time it reaches the skin, it is enough to distend the arteries and arterioles in the subcutaneous tissue. If the pulse oximeter is attached without...

lungs is absorbed from the alveoli into the outer surface of pulmonary arterioles, causing vasodilation and a reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance...

cortical arteries and arterioles. In type 2 CAA pathology, amyloid deposits are present in leptomeningeal and cortical arteries and arterioles, but not in capillaries...

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regulatory devices such as the spiral arteries, spiral veins, and throttle arterioles. The dromedary generally suffers from fewer diseases than other domestic...

constriction due to the substances can cause remodelling in the pulmonary arterioles, which raises the resistance of the pulmonary vasculature and causes PHT...

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to transfer heat from warm blood in arterioles coming from the heart that heats this colder blood in arterioles leaving the gills. The huge pectoral...

regulation of cerebral blood flow is achieved primarily by small arteries, arterioles, which either dilate or contract under the influence of multiple complex...

ATP-sensitive potassium channels producing peripheral vasodilatation of arterioles. It reduces blood pressure and peripheral resistance and produces fluid...

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Because PDE5 is also present in the smooth muscle of the walls of the arterioles within the lungs, two PDE5 inhibitors, sildenafil and tadalafil, are FDA-approved...

can become mobile and the resulting emboli can occlude any artery or arteriole downstream of the thrombus formation. This means that cerebral stroke...

The myogenic mechanism is the process by which arteries and arterioles react to an increase or decrease in blood pressure to keep the blood flow constant...

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vasodilation, or insufficient constriction of the blood vessels (mostly arterioles), causes hypotension. This can be due to decreased sympathetic nervous...

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diastolic drop reflects a reduced systemic vascular resistance of the muscle arterioles in response to the exercise. Pulse pressure has implications for both...

ones associated with certain hemoglobin levels. As blood flows from the arterioles into the capillaries, a change in pressure occurs. In order to maintain...

(Aδ and C fibres) entering via the foramen. Blood vessels for example:  arterioles, venules, and capillaries anastomose with vessels in the periodontal ligament...

the airways but causes contraction of the smooth muscle that lines most arterioles. Adrenaline is a nonselective agonist of all adrenergic receptors, including...

units that comprise the kidneys. In each nephron, blood flows from the arteriole into the glomerulus, a tuft of leaky capillaries. The Bowman's capsule...

temperature induce an exaggerated vasoconstriction of the small arteries, arterioles, and thermoregulatory vessels of the skin of the digits. Clinically this...

relatively better-oxygenated periportal hepatocytes adjacent to the hepatic arterioles. This retardation of the blood also occurs in lung lesions, such as chronic...

anaesthetic. The anaesthetic's adrenaline targets the smooth muscle of arterioles by acting on the alpha adrenergic receptors. Haemostasis is continued...

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largest artery, the aorta, and then progressively smaller arteries and arterioles until it reaches tissue. Here, blood passes from small arteries into capillaries...

sympathetic nervous system action include: increased heart rate; contraction of arterioles; dilatation of bronchioles; increased levels of blood sugar; sweating;...

of the upstream blood pressure in a blood vessel (especially artery or arteriole) when the bloodstream is abruptly blocked by vessel obstruction. The term...

filtrate in the kidney tubules of the nephrons. Second, AVP constricts arterioles, which increases peripheral vascular resistance and raises arterial blood...

organs (with the exception of spleen, where blood exits through open arterioles and enters the red pulp), including hundreds of lymph nodes dispersed...

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of renal tubule and its vascular supply. Details Drains from Efferent arteriole Drains to Arcuate vein Artery Interlobular arteries Identifiers Latin...

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are a result of a microvascular infarct, or a sudden occlusion of the arteriole. One study observed the presence of cotton wool spots in people with acute...

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and penicillar arterioles. Owing to the absence of a histologically defined marginal sinus, the blood flowing in penicillar arterioles directly drains...

platelet adhesion to areas of endothelial injury, particularly where arterioles and capillaries meet, which in turn results in the formation of small...

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smooth muscle relaxant and acts as a vasodilator primarily in resistance arterioles, also known as the smooth muscle of the arterial bed. The molecular mechanism...

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after strangling the specimen, which would cause vasoconstriction of the arterioles in the lungs. This likely had the effect of forcing blood to engorge the...

spasm of small arteries causes episodes of reduced blood flow to end arterioles. Typically the disease affects the fingers, and, less commonly, the toes...

microangiopathy (TMA) is a pathology that results in thrombosis in capillaries and arterioles, due to an endothelial injury. It may be seen in association with thrombocytopenia...

from afferent arterioles, which originate in the interlobular arteries with intermediate formation of prearterioles. Each afferent arteriole divides into...

increase in ventricular conduction velocity. It dilates arteries and arterioles in the skeletal muscle and mesenteric vascular beds, leading to an increase...

respiration rates, cessation of digestive processes, secretion of adrenaline, arteriole dilation, and constriction of veins. Psychological stress does not appear...

times more likely in women than in men. It causes more dilation in the arterioles and precapillary vessels than the postcapillary vessels and venules. The...

glomerular filtration rate (GFR) — the rate of plasma from the afferent arteriole that is filtered into Bowman's capsule measured in ml/min.[citation needed]...

lipids into the CPB circuit.[obsolete source] Microparticles obstruct arterioles that supply small nests of cells throughout the body and, together with...

stimulation of the nervous system (e.g. due to anger or embarrassment), arterioles dilate. Color is not entirely uniform across an individual's skin; for...

Blood capillaries are found beneath the epidermis and are linked to an arteriole and a venule. Arterial shunt vessels may bypass the network in ears, the...

HOLLENHORST RW (October 1961). "Significance of bright plaques in the retinal arterioles". JAMA. 178: 23–29. doi:10.1001/jama.1961.03040400025005. PMC 1316410...

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redness) often known as sunset foot. This is due to the dilatation of the arterioles in an attempt to rid the metabolic waste that has built up in a reactive...

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glomerularis may refer to: Afferent arterioles, also known as arteriola glomerularis afferens Efferent arteriole, also known as arteriola glomerularis...

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in sections of muscular arteries, where it is thick and prominent, and arterioles, where it is slightly less prominent and often incomplete. It is very...

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supplying the kidney (e.g. NSAID induced vasoconstriction of afferent arteriole). The latter includes renal artery stenosis, or the narrowing of the renal...

[citation needed] The handgrip maneuver increases afterload by squeezing the arterioles and increasing total peripheral resistance. Since increasing afterload...

perfusion pressures, Angiotensin II may act by constricting the efferent arterioles, thus mainlining the GFR and playing a role in autoregulation of renal...

carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and deliver it to the body via arterioles and capillaries, where the oxygen is consumed; afterwards, venules and...

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as in the tunica media layer of the large (aorta) and small arteries, arterioles and veins. Smooth muscle is also found in lymphatic vessels, the urinary...

cartilage and arteriolar walls, and to occlude the lumen of pulmonary arterioles. There are two major cell morphologies in the LAM lesion: small spindle-shaped...

of the most common procedures. If the dental pulp (containing nerves, arterioles, venules, lymphatic tissue, and fibrous tissue) becomes diseased or injured...

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discoloration is caused by reduction in blood flow (ischemia) through the arterioles that supply the cutaneous capillaries, resulting in deoxygenated blood...

homogeneous material) accumulates in the walls of small arteries and arterioles, producing the thickening of their walls and the narrowing of the arterial...

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Machine at the University of Colorado website. Beginning with the afferent arteriole, a blood vessel leading to the Glomerulus, filtered blood is passed to...

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often coexists with a small blood vessel pathology that affects cerebral arterioles, which is termed arteriolosclerosis. LATE-NC is more common in cases with...

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home to bone marrow sinuses after they have passed through arteries and arterioles. They transmigrate sinus endothelium and enter the parenchyma which contains...

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system. These lead to a reduction in heart frequency and dilation of arterioles in the muscle causing reduced blood circulation in the brain. If vasovagal...

telangiectasia is a condition where there is direct connection between arterioles and venules without intervening capillary beds, at the mucocutaneous region...

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to block constriction and restore blood flow in coronary arteries and arterioles in response to calcium, potassium epinephrine, serotonin, and thromboxane...

ἀρτηρία (artēría), a wind-pipe, artery (used distinctly versus a vein) arteriole arthr- of or pertaining to the joints, limbs Greek ἄρθρον (árthron), a...

and the MAP decreases across the circulation from aorta to arteries to arterioles to capillaries to veins back to atrium. The difference between aortic...

heat. Arteriolar vasodilation occurs. The smooth muscle walls of the arterioles relax allowing increased blood flow through the artery. This redirects...

of sulci, basal ganglia, cerebellum, thalamus; also of the arteries, arterioles, and capillaries). Vascular changes - String vessels, especially in areas...

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are composed of up to 3,000 secretory cells, and contain several small arterioles to receive blood, and venules that allow the hormones secreted by the...

kidney. Prostaglandin-mediated vasodilation of preglomerular afferent arterioles increases the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and facilitates diuresis...

and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries. Besides his contributions to medicine, Krogh was also...

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kīn(eîn) 'to move') is a peptide that promotes inflammation. It causes arterioles to dilate (enlarge) via the release of prostacyclin, nitric oxide, and...

consists of hyaline thickening of the walls of the small arteries and arterioles (hyaline arteriolosclerosis). Under a microscope, this appears as a homogeneous...

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by adenosine) sent to the nearby juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent arteriole, causing the juxtaglomerular cells to release the protease renin into...

hypertension and atherosclerosis. Determining the equivalent width of arterioles and venules near the optic disc is also a widely used technique to identify...

tissue, the number of open capillaries, and to improve blood flow in arterioles and venules. The therapy is mainly used in complementary medicine to support...

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increase filtration fraction by vasoconstriction of afferent and efferent arterioles, possibly through activation of alpha-1 adrenergic receptors. Severe hemorrhage...

endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and alters redox signalling in diaphragm arterioles from male and female Fischer-344 rats". The Journal of Physiology. 603...

glomerulus, the renal tubules, the vasculature (afferent and efferent renal arterioles) and the interstitium. Renal fibrosis is the final common pathway of DN...

eventually form afferent arterioles that supply the glomeruli. The peritubular blood supply is composed of efferent arterioles leaving the glomeruli of...

This triggers a tubuloglomerular feedback, which constricts the afferent arteriole and reduces pressure within the glomerulus. This protects the delicate...

lymphoid sheaths, the name changes again to central arteries (or central arterioles). Branches of the central arteries are given to the red pulp, and these...

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Arteriosclerosis causes shortening or lengthening of arterioles, which causes venules to be moved at points where arterioles and venules cross over. This is seen at...

The greatest potential for this change is normally in the branches (arterioles) of the coronary artery that penetrate the myocardium, rather than those...

other types of ischemic stroke. It generally occurs in small arteries or arterioles and is commonly due to hypertension, intracranial vascular malformations...

chiefly the heart and the smallest diameter arteries, called arterioles. The arterioles are the main resistance vessels in the arterial tree, and small...

'hardening'); arteriolosclerosis is any hardening (and loss of elasticity) of arterioles (small arteries); atherosclerosis is a hardening of an artery specifically...

an increase in the diameter of a high order blood vessel such as an arteriole vastly increases the total flow that a given vessel network can withstand...

Rheumatic fever is a systemic disease affecting the connective tissue around arterioles, and can occur after an untreated strep throat infection, specifically...

circulation, although most of the fall occurs along the small arteries and arterioles. Pulsatility also diminishes in the smaller elements of the arterial circulation...

vasodilation and prolonged sustained vasoconstriction of contiguous cortical arterioles. The scintillating scotoma of migraine in humans may be related to the...

of metabolic waste products. The microvascular network, consisting of arterioles, capillaries and venules, represents the primary site of exchange between...

small arteries (arterioles) in the retina. Tortuosity of the arterioles is seen in approximately 50% of those with FSHD. Less common arteriole abnormalities...

but it is commonly thought that the swelling occurs because the brain's arterioles lose the ability to regulate their diameter, causing a loss of control...

defects which in the case of tooth pulp, endothelial rupture of the pulp arterioles will lead to hemorrhagic areas in the pulp. It was proposed that these...

environment when blood pressure is lowered as the body dilates (widens) arterioles (small blood vessels) in the skin to radiate heat. This condition occurs...

of MS. Proposed procedures for the neurodegeneration are than Narrower arterioles and wider venules have been reported. Also rigidity has been noticed Human...

Lipohyalinosis is a cerebral small vessel disease affecting the small arteries, arterioles or capillaries in the brain. Originally defined by C. Miller Fisher as...

amyloid predominantly in the renal cortex interstitium, glomeruli, and arterioles. There Is too little experience on the treatment of LECT2 amyloidosis...

important role in angiotensin II-mediated inward remodelling in cerebral arterioles due to the emittance of superoxides from Nox2-containing NADPH oxidases...

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blood vessels) and arteriogenesis (the increase in diameter of existing arterioles). This helps to prevent myocardial ischemia (lack of oxygen to the heart)...

condition often called microvascular angina (MVA). Small intramyocardial arterioles constrict in MVA causing ischemic pain that is less predictable than with...

liver tissue, the liver has three main vessels traversing it: the portal arteriole, the portal venule and the bile ducts. While bile is made in the liver...

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Histology Learning System at Boston University - "Ultrastructure of the Cell: arteriole and peripheral nerve" Histology image: 1_03 at the University of Oklahoma...

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C-peptide reduces diabetes-induced glomerular hyperfiltration via efferent arteriole dilation and inhibition of tubular sodium reabsorption". American Journal...

Location pCO2 (torr or mmHg) Outside air - dry air at sea level 0.3 Alveolar air 35 Arteriole blood 40 Venous blood 50 Cells 50...

vasoconstriction of the efferent arteriole. When ACEI is taken by the patient, this vasoconstrictor effect of the efferent arteriole is blocked. This then leads...

lithium concentrations. This is likely due to constriction of the afferent arteriole of the glomerulus, resulting in decreased glomerular filtration rate and...

Afferent may refer to: Meaning "conveying towards a center": Afferent arterioles, blood vessels that supply the nephrons Afferent lymphatic vessels, lymph...

markedly distorted, with extensive concentric perineural fibrosis. The arterioles are thickened and occlusion by thrombi are occasionally present. Though...

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direct-acting smooth muscle relaxants, primarily affecting resistance arterioles to cause vasodilation. This pharmacological action results in decreased...

protrusion of an arteriole through the gastric mucosa, usually found just below the gastroesophageal junction; subsequent rupture of the arteriole is a rare...

"Norepinephrine elicits beta2-receptor-mediated dilation of isolated human coronary arterioles". Circulation. 106 (5): 550–5. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000023896.70583.9F...

between 0.5 and 5 cm long, each appendage is attached with one or two arterioles and a venule within vascular stalks attached to the colon. Torsion (twisting...

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Pathology is due to both the adults and the eggs. Adults in the ileo-caecal arterioles cause an inflammatory (eosinophilic) response in humans. In the Cotton...

(February 2001). "Potentiation of bradykinin by angiotensin-(1-7) on arterioles of spontaneously hypertensive rats studied in vivo". Hypertension. 37...

filtration rate by inducing vasodilatation of afferent arterioles and vasoconstriction of efferent arterioles Induction of natriuresis by inhibiting Na+, H+ exchanger...

(August 1993). "Effects of Ruscus Extract on the Internal Diameter of Arterioles and Venules of the Hamster Cheek Pouch Microcirculation". Journal of Cardiovascular...

inside (via nutrient arteries of the marrow) and outside (via periosteal arterioles). The tissue catchment volume that the circulatory system is required...

This results in decreased resistance to blood flow through systemic arterioles, which decreases afterload (decreases the failing heart's workload) and...

phenomenon could cause extensive damage to the vessel wall, especially to arterioles. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is usually suspected only when a person...

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being changes in sympathetic nervous system activity, which constricts arterioles and makes the heart pump faster and harder). That is, through an integrated...

vasculitis based on the vessel size affected, such as small arteries, arterioles and capillaries. Golfer's vasculitis is a commonly misdiagnosed condition...

A feature of endothelial dysfunction is the inability of arteries and arterioles to dilate fully in response to an appropriate stimulus, such as exogenous...

and β2-adrenergic receptors on smooth muscle within the tunica media of arterioles. Isoprenaline has positive inotropic and chronotropic effects on the heart...

given organ. Each organ is supplied by a large artery, smaller arteries, arterioles, capillaries, and veins arranged in series. The total resistance is the...

will constrict their arterioles to reduce heat loss along skin surfaces. The reverse occurs at high ambient temperatures, arterioles dilate to increase...

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normal atherosclerosis generally involves the major arteries, smaller arterioles are more likely to be affected. It is possible nervous system disorders...

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disabled. The cause of SIS is uncertain, but it is thought that the brain's arterioles lose their ability to regulate their diameter, and therefore lose control...

intertrabecular space rather than adjacent to the trabeculae or surrounding arterioles. This morphology can be difficult to differentiate from treated leukemia...

cells and smooth muscle cells. Muscular arteries – Endothelial cells Arterioles – A single layer of endothelial cells Veins – Endothelial cells The inner...

Arterial embolism is a sudden interruption of blood flow to an organ or body part due to an embolus adhering to the wall of an artery blocking the flow...

cerebral arteries is typical in vascular dementia, smaller vessels and arterioles are mainly affected. Early detection and accurate diagnosis are important...

macula densa cells, which act as baroreceptors; located on the afferent arteriole wall). This leads to renin secretion that causes the angiotensinogen conversion...

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regulators of several key physiological functions. Small arteries and arterioles exhibit a self-regulatory mechanism called myogenic tone, enabling them...

the optic disc. It then branches over the inner retinal surface into arterioles and capillaries supplying the nerve fiber and inner retinal layers. Retinal...

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C-peptide, a putative renoprotective agent, narrows glomerular afferent arterioles. Therefore, proinsulin C-peptide administration should theoretically prevent...

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in the triple response to injury and is due to the dilatation of the arterioles. When this flare occurs around the ankle, it is called an ankle flare...

coronary narrowings in HCM due to intimal and medial hyperplasia of the arterioles. Acute LV ballooning due to SAM and LVOT obstruction can cause cardiogenic...

venous plexus of Batson or by arterial dissemination. This occurs with arterioles as a result of tumor cells being lodged in vessels that feed the meninges...

travels in sequence through smaller blood vessels going from arteries, to arterioles and then capillaries. Oxygen is removed in the capillaries to be used...

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formation of a new layer of endometrium in the uterus with the spiral arterioles. As estrogen levels increase, cells in the cervix produce a type of cervical...

capillaries or blood vessels within the bruise site. Broken venules or arterioles often result in a deep blue or dark red bruise, respectively. Darker colored...

splenic artery supply it with blood. The germinal centers are supplied by arterioles called penicilliary radicles. In humans, until the fifth month of prenatal...

including expansion of nephron progenitors, fewer renin cells, smooth muscle arterioles, progressive mesangial loss and glomerular aneurysms. High throughput...

known as a salmon patch. They are usually seen adjacent to the retinal arteriole. Bleeding in the deeper layers of the retina leads to the appearance of...

is determined by functional and anatomic changes in small arteries and arterioles. Single gene mutations can cause Mendelian forms of high blood pressure;...

level, generating an electrical signal that is transduced to pulmonary arterioles through gap junctions in the pulmonary endothelium to cause HPV. This...

A septic embolism is a type of embolism that is infected with bacteria, resulting in the formation of pus. These may become dangerous if dislodged from...

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microthrombi, small clots found in smaller blood vessels such as capillaries and arterioles. This process is called immunothrombosis and can lead to organ damage...

I, Hatzopoulos AK. Wnt10b gain-of-function improves cardiac repair by arteriole formation and attenuation of fibrosis. Circ Res. 2015; 117:804-816. Haas...

unventilated alveoli or deoxygenated blood flowing directly from pulmonary arterioles to nearby pulmonary veins through anastomoses, bypassing the alveolar...

improve patient care, He has also studied the effect of nicotine on bone arteriole blood flow. He also volunteers on the editorial board of Journal of Hospital...

bleeding in the vasculature of the gastrointestinal system where small arterioles are common, as platelets cannot bind to damaged blood vessel walls well...

Pathology of the Pneumogastric Nerve 1877 George Johnson, The Muscular Arterioles 1878 John Charles Bucknill, Habitual Drunkards and Insane Drunkards 1879...

guttural pouch mucosa. Many of the guttural pouch mucosal superficial arterioles and capillaries extend outwards, forming two types of vascular plexuses...

inhibitor of 20-HETE, a broadly active signaling molecule, e.g. it constricts arterioles, elevates blood pressure, promotes inflammation responses, and stimulates...

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1961, Hollenhorst published "Significance of Bright Plaques in Retinal Arterioles" in the Journal of the American Medical Association and described his...

indicate that EEQs (and EPAs) mimic EETs in their abilities to dilate arterioles, reduce hypertension, inhibit inflammation (the anti-inflammatory actions...

mater, into the subarachnoid space and perfuse the brain parenchyma via arterioles perforating into the innermost layer of the meninges, the pia mater. The...

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oxygen in the inhaled air these sensors reflexively cause the pulmonary arterioles to constrict. (This is the exact opposite of the corresponding reflex...

injury, particularly due to increased permeability of capillaries and arterioles that lead to an increase of diffusion and fluid filtration across the...

throughout the entirety of circulation within the body, i.e. arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, and organs. The lack of compliance and fluidity...

may refer to either the arm as a whole or to the upper arm on its own. Arteriole – is a small-diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends...

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blood pressure and hypertension. Further, constriction of the efferent arterioles of the kidney leads to increased perfusion pressure in the glomeruli....

et al. (April 2005). "Mechanism of vasodilation to adenosine in coronary arterioles from patients with heart disease". American Journal of Physiology. Heart...

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in the skin affected are located in the superficial dermis and include arterioles (small arteries carrying blood to capillaries), capillaries, and venules...

vegetative modifications such as tachycardia, pupil dilation, defecation, arteriole blood gases, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, and changes in blood flow...

network consists of surface pial arteries that branch into penetrating arterioles within the brain parenchyma. Surrounding these vessels is the perivascular...

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be closed and furthermore, the normal mechanism of vasoconstriction of arterioles, can dramatically reduce perfusion of the skin. Different species have...

stroma. Characteristic findings include prominent proliferative-type arterioles, collagen bands, and an expansile (non-infiltrative) border. Invasion...

are associated with alterations in the great arteries, arteries, and arterioles with alterations in the elastic matrix. Elastosis is the buildup of elastic...

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cause malar flush due to CO2 retention, which causes vasodilation of arterioles in the cheeks. It can also be associated with other conditions, such as...

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to the kidneys reabsorbing salt and water and vasoconstriction of the arterioles. Intestinal edema may also lead to decreased gut absorption of the diuretics...

with blood. These vasospasms are temporary narrowings of arteries or arterioles, resulting in insufficient supply of blood to the corresponding organs...

enzyme renin is secreted by pericytes in the vicinity of the afferent arterioles and similar microvessels of the kidney from specialized cells of the juxtaglomerular...

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esophagus up until the muscle fibers. In addition, there were signs of small arterioles that ruptured and small veins that were near the lesions which explains...

glial cells, namely astrocytes. The intracerebral arterioles and capillaries are unlike systemic arterioles and capillaries in that they do not readily allow...

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smooth muscle cells present mainly in the afferent, but also the efferent, arterioles of the glomerular capillary bed. Prorenin is a relatively large molecule...

polyneuropathy. Occlusion of vasa nervorum at the level of the epineurial arterioles leads to ischemia of nerves, leading to vasculitic neuropathy. and has...

prelaminar disc, primarily receives blood from the peripapillary choroidal arterioles, which stem from the elliptical anastomotic annulus connected to the circle...

function of the glomerulus by a combination of relaxing and contracting arterioles. Differences between retinal and renal cDNA have been implicated in the...

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presence of refractile or non-refractile yellow Gass plaques in the retinal arterioles is near pathognomonic for the disease. Fluorescein angiography may demonstrate...

the Retinal Vessel Analyzer measures the diameters of small arteries (arterioles) and vein (venules) in the posterior segment of the eye. In static retinal...

action at the N-type and L-type calcium channel, cilnidipine dilates both arterioles and venules, reducing the pressure in the capillary bed. Cilnidipine is...

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TC with their extensive Tp are visible between the epithelium and an arteriole (SMC - smooth muscle cells). Note, the striking labyrinthine network formed...

can be delayed or immediate, due to damage of underlying arteries and arterioles. Tendon rupture and cartilage necrosis can occur, particularly if cryosurgery...

made sketches of heavy-set women swimmers in the water. Demachy died of arteriole sclerosis in Hennequeville, Normandy, on 29 December 1936. He was buried...

B (August 1983). "Alteration in the reactivity of hamster cheek pouch arterioles to prostaglandin E2 and noradrenaline during pregnancy or sex steroid...

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nitric oxide (NO), sodium nitroprusside has potent vasodilating effects on arterioles and venules (arterial more than venous), whereas other nitrates exhibit...

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insufficient blood flow to the brain (ischemia) as well as compression of arterioles. In response to rising intracranial pressure (ICP), respiratory cycles...

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vasoconstrictors Endothelial injury and dysfunction Fibrinoid necrosis of the arterioles Deposition of platelets and fibrin Breakdown of normal autoregulatory...

or difficulty breathing due to the vasoconstriction of the pulmonary arterioles making it more difficult for air to flow through. This decreased air flow...

are used. Blanching of the skin often occurs when STS is injected into arterioles (small artery branches). Telangiectatic matting, or the development of...

immunoglobulin A (IgA) and complement component 3 (C3) are deposited on arterioles, capillaries, and venules (hence it is a type III hypersensitivity reaction)...

Monotonous ovoid cells to spindly cells with minimal cytoplasm. Prominent arterioles. Angiolymphatic invasion common. Up to 10-15 mitotic figures per 10 HPF...

blood flow by inducing pericytes to dilate capillaries before upstream arteriole dilation occurs. This area is controversial, with a 2015 study claiming...

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of 20-HETE, a broadly active signaling molecule, e.g., it constricts arterioles, elevates blood pressure, promotes inflammation responses, and stimulates...

capillary beds and cause granulomatous inflammation of the pulmonary arterioles followed by fibrosis. This leads to high blood pressure in the pulmonary...

The vasoconstriction of the pulmonary arterioles is caused by hypoxia in the right portion of the heart. Arteriole spasms include the major part of the...

detected might appear to be a 5 micrometer capillary but instead be a larger arteriole. As such, a certain number of tracks is necessary to properly image a...

tension of the smooth wall vessels and changes in the vessel diameter. Arterioles can become permeable resulting in compromise of the blood–brain barrier...

movement of blood in the aorta in a continuous flow to the capillaries and arterioles. This technique helped map sensitivity and touch acuity on the body using...

This stage is seen clinically as a generalized narrowing of the retinal arterioles. Persistently elevated blood pressure leads to intimal thickening, hyperplasia...

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ethanol. Particulate embolic agents – These are only used for precapillary arterioles or small arteries. These are also very good for AVM deep within the body...

automaticity of ventricular cardiac muscle. Dilate hepatic artery. Dilate arterioles to skeletal muscle. In the normal eye, beta-2 stimulation by salbutamol...

Hughes–Stovin syndrome (HSS) is a rare autoimmune disorder often described as inflammation in relation to blood vessels, a form of vasculitis. It is not...

Intimal hyperplasia is the thickening of the tunica intima of a blood vessel as a complication of a reconstruction procedure or endarterectomy. Intimal...

vessels: very small blood vessels (capillaries), medium-size blood vessels (arterioles and venules), or large blood vessels (arteries and veins). If blood flow...

same time. Myocardium itself is well vascularized, with highly branched arterioles and venules, as well as a high degree of capillarization. Major arteries...

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amyloid predominantly in the renal cortex interstitium, glomeruli, and arterioles. LECT2 amyloidosis can be distinguished from AL amyloidosis, the most...

attack, the doctors at the Hôtel-Dieu noted "a damaged ear and a ruptured arteriole". The President of the Council and Minister of the Interior Albert Sarraut...

exceeds a certain point called the critical closing pressure (CrCP), the arterioles feeding the brain oxygen-rich blood will collapse, and the brain becomes...

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substance K or neuromedin K, are expressed in high concentrations by arterioles, venules, and lymph nodules in surgical specimens obtained from patients...

generations of merozoites develop downstream in the direction of blood flow to arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins throughout the body, subsequently developing...

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is determined by functional and anatomic changes in small arteries and arterioles. The pathophysiology of essential hypertension is an area of research...

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involvement of capillaries, venules and veins, and possibly also that of arterioles and lymphatics. Hypotheses that have been proposed include: environmental/external...

acute febrile pleiochromic anemia with hyaline thrombosis of terminal arterioles and capillaries: An undescribed disease.Archives of Internal Medicine...

elastic deformability of red blood cells, has primary influence in the arterioles and the capillaries. Understanding wave propagation in arterial walls...

orientalist Schweigger-Seidel sheath, phagocytic sleeve, part of a sheathed arteriole of the spleen Schwager Schwaiger Schweiger This page lists people with...

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responsible, for example, for sympathetic vasoconstriction in small arteries, arterioles and vas deferens. Mouse studies suggest that this receptor is essential...

an inflammation-based model of Alzheimer's disease; f) increases local arteriole and capillary blood flow to cause, for example, site-specific signs of...

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within 5μm of megakaryocytes, but are not significantly associated with arterioles. Factor secretion: Megakaryocytes produce multiple HSC-regulatory factors...

GDS, Hill CE. Voltage independence of vasomotion in isolated irideal arterioles of the rat. J. Physiol. 2002; 540: 219-229. Parthimos D, Haddock RE, Hill...

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N-type calcium channels reduce glomerular pressure through dilation of arterioles. N-type calcium channels have been shown to play a part in the localization...

away from the heart) and veins (which carry blood to the heart), smaller arterioles, and capillaries, which join with venules. Blood is a fluid consisting...

In medicine, the median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS, also known as celiac artery compression syndrome, celiac axis syndrome, celiac trunk compression...

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inhibitor of 20-HETE, a broadly active signaling molecule, e.g. it constricts arterioles, elevates blood pressure, promotes inflammation responses, and stimulates...

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crystalglobulinemia; monoclonal immunoglobulins may precipitate in the small arterioles and capillaries of the glomeruli when exposed to colder temperatures causing...

the amygdala. CRF-2b is expressed in the choroid plexus and cerebral arterioles in the brain, but is expressed mainly peripherally on the heart and skeletal...

radiation proctopathy demonstrates ischemic endarteritis of the submucosal arterioles, submucosal fibrosis, and neovascularization. Where chronic radiation...

the ability to constrict arteries leading to the organs, rather than arteriole constriction within the organs as occurs in terrestrial animals. The vasoconstriction...

Pimenta's point is an anatomical landmark for easy location of the posterior tibial artery or tibialis posterior artery (a peripheral pulse on the inside...

through the kidneys, specialized cells within the walls of the afferent arterioles of the kidney called Juxtaglomerular cells act as miniature stretch receptors...

Carvalho MH (2001). "Potentiation of bradykinin by angiotensin-(1-7) on arterioles of spontaneously hypertensive rats studied in vivo". Hypertension. 37...

A penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) is an atherosclerotic lesion that ulcerates, leading to a hematoma forming within the walls of the aorta. The...

Segmental arterial mediolysis (SAM) is a rare disorder of the arteries characterized by the development of aneurysms, blood clots, narrowing of the arteries...

medullary collecting ducts, media and endothelial cells of arteries and arterioles); stomach (vascular smooth muscle and gastric fundus mucosal cells); thalamus...

used to examine intrinsic properties of isolated resistance vessels (arterioles and small arteries with diameters varying between 30 μm and 300 μm) include...

Branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) is a rare retinal vascular disorder in which one of the branches of the central retinal artery is obstructed. Although...

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both of which exert their effects on vascular smooth muscle cells in arterioles and pericytes in capillaries, leading to the vasodilation and vasoconstriction...

Beta-2 blockers promote vasodilation in some tissues as mentioned above (arterioles in skeletal muscles or ciliary muscle in the eye etc.). Currently, there...

muscular wall of the vessels, particularly the large arteries and small arterioles. vasodilation The widening of blood vessels resulting from relaxation...

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vivo, platelet-mediated thrombus formation can be greatly reduced in arterioles of mice, injured by laser, following an infusion of the OS-1 peptide....

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at right angle junctions due to elongation or shortening of connected arterioles Schaeffer's sign Max Schaeffer neurology pyramidal tract lesions Schäffer's...

increased presence of T-type Ca2+channels in the microvasculature (e.g. arterioles, capillaries, venules etc.). Among the CCBs, Efonidipine (<0.1%) has lowest...

Monsen MR, Ibayashi S, Ko KR, Winn HR (1989). "Effect of inosine on pial arterioles: potentiation of adenosine-induced vasodilation". Am J Physiol. 256 (3...

stretching of the jaw. Additionally, concurrent vasodilation of pial arterioles was observed in rat models following mandibular extension. Chowdhury,...

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has discovered that most heat transfer from blood flow occurs in the arterioles, before the blood reaches the capillaries, which has led to more complex...

thoracic MeSH A07.231.114.056.847 – sinus of valsalva MeSH A07.231.114.060 – arterioles MeSH A07.231.114.085 – axillary artery MeSH A07.231.114.106 – basilar...

natural mediators in vivo and developed the idea that human veins and arterioles have very different pharmacologies. Through this work he classified vasoactive...

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protein is expressed in human small intestine, lung, media of arteries and arterioles of the kidney, thymus, uterus, brain cerebral cortex, brain striatum,...

Adventitial cystic disease (also known as cystic adventitial disease CAD) is a rare type of non-atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease. It can present...

the ascending tubule cells in the medulla as well the pre-glomerular arterioles and certain other localized areas of the rabbit kidney. In various rodent...

"Schweigger-Seidel sheaths", which are spindle-shaped sleeves that cover penicillar arterioles of the spleen. Über den Übergang körperlicher Bestandteile aus dem Blute...

pressure and maintenance of blood flow to ischemic areas of the brain by arteriole dilation as a presumed consequence of inhibiting the degradation of EETs...

in which the heart distributed blood via several main arteries. Small arterioles specifically supply the mouthparts, such as the mandibles, maxillae, and...

redundant, microscopic (40-10 um in diameter in their native state) ur-arterioles are transformed by ischemia or stenosis into vessels with life-preserving...

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reconstructive surgeon for approaching, identifying, and isolating the feeder arterioles. This step is further assisted by an interventional radiologist for a...

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which pump and circulates the blood through the vasculature. Arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins make up the vasculature. The cardiovascular...

inner walls of the chambers and vessels of the heart, as well as the arterioles of the lungs of various hosts: Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), Greater...

pathophysiological cascade. As the heart beats, it pushes blood through arteries/arterioles/capillaries. Blood also travels through veins though more passively via...

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Medical School, co-authoring a peer-reviewed paper entitled Caveolae in CNS arterioles mediate neurovascular coupling that sheds light on how the brain communicates...

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Further experiments on the rat have shown a concurrent vasodilation of pial arterioles. Brunelli, M; Castellucci, V; Kandel, E. (10 December 1976). "Synaptic...

Erythrocyanosis crurum is a skin condition, a variant of acrocyanosis caused by chronic exposure to cold. Chilblains List of cutaneous conditions Otto...

endogenous ligand for GPR39, which is present in cardiac pericytes and small arterioles, vessels that control capillary blood flow. He indicated that a small...

20-HETE, a broadly active signaling molecule which acts to constrict arterioles, elevate blood pressure, promote inflammation responses, and stimulates...