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.

And thus in severe head injuries, it is possible for blood vessels in and around the brain to burst.

I had saline mixed with Lidocaine pumped into my face to constrict my blood vessels and numb me so I could endure the zapping.

Specifically, 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.

Three muscle-fibres lying beside each other, with the small blood-vessels (capillaries) around and between them.

Some forms, however, break down tissues and plug up the small blood vessels, thus causing disease.

Into each of these filaments pass two blood vessels; in one blood flows downward and in the other upward.

Numerous blood vessels can be found especially in the walls of the food tube.

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