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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

An artery branching off into an arteriole, which branches into a capillary bed.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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 blood leaving an arteriole first enters a capillary bed, the CHP is quite high—about 35 mm Hg.

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