blood vessel

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For a long time, however, laboratory models treated blood vessels as straight, uniform tubes.

From Science Daily

This minimises the risk of damage to surrounding structures such as the oesophagus or blood vessels.

From BBC

In diseases such as breast or lung cancer, tumor cells enter blood vessels and travel through the bloodstream to distant organs.

From Science Daily

Hemorrhagic strokes happen when a blood vessel ruptures and causes bleeding in the brain.

From Science Daily

But the most likely answer is that particles of pollution are "wiggling their way through the lining of the blood vessels and lodging in various organs".

From BBC