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Structure of Blood Vessels:The heart is widely recognised for pumping blood to all parts of the body. But how does this blood get to all of the body’s different parts? It is carried to all regions of the body by an artery, which is a type of blood vessel that transports oxygenated b...
In biology, a capillary is the smallest blood vessel. Their function is to exchange substances such as carbon dioxide and oxygen with surrounding cells. What is the function of capillaries? The function of capillaries is to allow for the diffusion of substances between the blood and the body. ...
Bischof, P. Friedli, E., Martelli, M., and Campana, A.: Expression of extracellular matrix degrading metalloproteinases by cultured human cytotrophoblast cells: effects of cell adhesion and immunopurification. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 165: 1791–1801, 1991. Google Scholar Blay, J., and Holle...
The human body has several different types of blood vessels. Though all of them are responsible for moving blood throughout the body, each type of blood vessel has a slightly different function. Arteries, for example, are responsible for moving blood away from the heart, while capill...
Different types of blood vessels vary slightly in their structures, but they share the same general features. Arteries and arterioles have thicker walls than veins and venules because they are closer to the heart and receive blood that is surging at a far greater pressure (Figure 2). Each t...
Pericytes are mural cells presenting at intervals along the walls of the capillary blood vessels.73They are embedded in the basement membrane and lie abluminal to the endothelial cells.74The length that pericytes covering the CNS endothelium approaches 100%.75It should be noted that pericytes are ce...
The Glomerulus:The glomerulus is a capillary tuft that receives its blood supply from an afferent arteriole of the renal circulation. First step of urine formation “filtration of blood” happens at the glomerulular capillaries. – glomerular filtration. The glomerular capillaries are fenestrated capill...
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate whether these small vessels are specialized in terms of structure and calcium signaling. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using in situ confocal imaging we have studied the ultrastructure, Ca signaling and coordination of contraction in precapillary arterioles in ureter and vas ...
including those consisting the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and regulating its permeability. The interrelationships between impaired BBB function and epilepsy are complex, as BBB dysfunction may both lead to seizures and be induced by epileptic activity. In this article, we review alterations in key BBB...