Which blood vessel transports blood from the heart to the lungs? (a) Which veins are paired? (b) Which veins are singular? Because veins lack the muscular layer that arteries have, what processes are used to move the blood through the veins and back to the heart?
Vasospastic Angina: Amlodipine has been demonstrated to block constriction and restore blood flow in coronary arteries and arterioles in response to calcium, potassium epinephrine, serotonin, and thromboxane A2 analog in experimental animal models and in human coronary vesselsin vitro. This inhibition of...
First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke. 抽烟做什么对心脏? 首先,...
The kidneys have an extensive blood supply via the renal arteries which leave the kidneys via the renal vein. Each kidney consists of functional units called nephrons. Following filtration of blood and further processing, wastes (in the form of urine) exit the kidney via the ureters, tubes ...
obtained by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) [56]. Additionally, blocking the (GP)VI receptor or its integrin significantly reduced amyloid aggregation in platelet cell cultures. While the loss of (GP)VI was shown to reduce the adhesion of amyloid-activated platelets in mouse arteries [...
22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS), a copy number variation (CNV) disorder, occurs in approximately 1:4000 live births due to a heterozygous microdeletion at position 11.2 (proximal) on the q arm of human chromosome 22 (hChr22) (McDonald-McGinn and Sull
or non-same-day randomized records of 3 times systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg from baseline interview to 1-year follow-up. Coronary heart disease (CHD) was diagnosed as self-reported CHD, angina pectoris or myocardial infarction. Heart failure...
Oxygen and carbon dioxide crossing between blood and air in the lungs must pass through cells of the following types: type I pneumocyte and endothelial cells Skeletal muscle may occur in the muscularis externa at the junction between which of the following pairs of organs? Pharynx and esophagus ...
The mechanical forces associated with blood flow have a profound effect on the properties of endothelial cells (ECs) of the arteries [9]. Thus, shear stress generally triggers an anti-atherogenic gene expression and signal transduction profile that is lost at sites of disturbed blood flow [9]....
reconstruction of the coronary arteries and characterization of the atherosclerotic plaque types. These reconstructed geometries can then be used to support the evaluation of the disease by clinical experts and for the execution of in silico simulations, e.g., blood flow simulations, plaque growth, ...