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
Once the efferent arteriole exits the glomerulus, it forms the peritubular capillary network, which surrounds and interacts with parts of the renal tubule.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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
This means, for example, that if an artery or arteriole constricts to one-half of its original radius, the resistance to flow will increase 16 times.
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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