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
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
In addition to muscle and connective tissue to support its structure, each villus contains a capillary bed composed of one arteriole and one venule, as well as a lymphatic capillary called a lacteal.
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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Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Middle School
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