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

Blood capillaries are found beneath the dermis, and are linked to an arteriole and a venule.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Each metarteriole arises from a terminal arteriole and branches to supply blood to a capillary bed that may consist of 10–100 capillaries.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

When it is, an arteriole can expand by as much as 150 percent.

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