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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

ATP and adenosine act locally as paracrine factors to stimulate the myogenic juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent arteriole to constrict, slowing blood flow and reducing GFR.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The white pulp surrounds a central arteriole and consists of germinal centers of dividing B cells surrounded by T cells and accessory cells, including macrophages and dendritic cells.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

One arteriole and an accompanying venule supply and drain one pulmonary lobule.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Such a deposition of layer upon layer of cells in an arteriole and the resulting fibrosis leads to the condition of disappearance of the lumen of the vessel, endarteritis obliterans.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield


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