blood vessels
The flexible tubular canals through which blood circulates in the body. Arteries, veins, and capillaries are all kinds of blood vessels. (See circulatory system.)
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One early theory focused on blood vessels in and around the brain.
All we need to stay on point is skin, nostrils, lungs, heart, and a few blood vessels.
Introducing ‘Breatharianism,’ The Dumbest Diet of All Time | Kent Sepkowitz | March 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd thus in severe head injuries, it is possible for blood vessels in and around the brain to burst.
Brain Bleed: Why Michael Schumacher’s Helmet Wasn’t Enough | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI had saline mixed with Lidocaine pumped into my face to constrict my blood vessels and numb me so I could endure the zapping.
Hey, Ashley Judd: I’m Puffy From Cosmetic Surgery—And Proud of It | Samantha Marshall | April 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSpecifically, it targets a molecule called VEGF that sends signals that promote the growth of blood vessels.
Menstruation may aggravate goitre, uterine fibroid tumours, skin diseases, and affections of the blood vessels.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThree muscle-fibres lying beside each other, with the small blood-vessels (capillaries) around and between them.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley MillsSome forms, however, break down tissues and plug up the small blood vessels, thus causing disease.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterInto each of these filaments pass two blood vessels; in one blood flows downward and in the other upward.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterNumerous blood vessels can be found especially in the walls of the food tube.
A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
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