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arteriole

[ahr-teer-ee-ohl] / ɑrˈtɪər iˌoʊl /
NOUN
blood vessel
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They also reduced heart muscle growth and scaring while prompting arteriole formation and growth.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

Once the efferent arteriole exits the glomerulus, it forms the peritubular capillary network, which surrounds and interacts with parts of the renal tubule.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Decreased blood pressure is also sensed by the granular cells in the afferent arteriole of the JGA.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

When this sudden systemic arteriole spasm extends to the coronary vessels in a heart whose walls are diseased, a fatal attack of angina with the heart full of blood may be induced.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock




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