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
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
The myogenic response is a localized process that serves to stabilize blood flow in the capillary network that follows that arteriole.
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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