arteries
Example Sentences
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The break, which happened early Thursday, was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that forms the major arteries for water delivery from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The analysis showed that narrowing of large arteries was not associated with lacunar stroke or with small vessel disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
Instead, the strongest link appears to be with changes in the brain's blood vessels themselves, specifically the enlargement and widening of arteries.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
He underwent his first heart transplant in October 2011, but just five months later, narrowing was discovered in his arteries.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Ever since Galen, it had been thought that the veins and the arteries carried different substances—two kinds of blood.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
