arteriole

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They also reduced heart muscle growth and scaring while prompting arteriole formation and growth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Although the diameter of an individual capillary is significantly smaller than the diameter of an arteriole, there are vastly more capillaries in the body than there are other types of blood vessels.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The efferent arteriole is the connecting vessel between the glomerulus and the peritubular capillaries and vasa recta.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

And if an artery or arteriole dilates to twice its initial radius, then resistance in the vessel will decrease to 1/16 of its original value and flow will increase 16 times.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

A dilated arteriole or a vein winding about among the capillaries may sometimes be detected.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis