arteriole
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of arteriole
1830–40; < New Latin artēriola, equivalent to Latin artēri ( a ) artery + -ola -ole 1
Vocabulary lists containing arteriole
Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Middle School
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They also reduced heart muscle growth and scaring while prompting arteriole formation and growth.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
The branch that exits the glomerulus is called the efferent arteriole.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
An artery branching off into an arteriole, which branches into a capillary bed.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
And if an artery or arteriole dilates to twice its initial radius, then resistance in the vessel will decrease to 1/16 of its original value and 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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