Capillaries in a sentence

Capillaries on the outer side of the retina (red and pink), capillaries on the inner side of the retina (purple and blue), and capillaries inside the retina (not found in the goldfish).

Lymphatic capillaries are slightly larger in diameter than blood capillaries, and have closed ends (unlike the blood capillaries open at one end to the arterioles and open at the other end to the venules).

Capillaries have no smooth muscle surrounding them and have a diameter less than that of red blood cells ; a red blood cell is typically 7 micrometers outside diameter, capillaries typically 5 micrometers inside diameter.

In fish, the system has only one circuit, with the blood being pumped through the capillaries of the gills and on to the capillaries of the body tissues.

But they also warn that it bursts tiny blood vessels — called capillaries — beneath the skin, which may lead to bruising.

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The alveoli, which are lined with capillaries, are where the oxygen that we breathe in passes to the blood and travels to sustain the tissues throughout the body.

The blood brain barrier is a physical and functional barrier formed by the endothelial cells that line the capillaries in the brain and spinal cord.

Among those "red flags" are the burst capillaries in the eyes, which suggest manual strangulation, and the lack of any swelling or purple color to the legs.

Retinal capillaries in mammals originated around 100 million years ago when dinosaurs evolved endothermy.

Vitamin C helps in promoting healthy capillaries and maintain appropriate functioning of retinal cells, which helps to improve the eyesight.

Here, fat globules are released into the bloodstream and deposited in the lung capillaries, leading to respiratory distress.

This change in appearance is due to tiny blood vessels called capillaries bursting in the area.

After taking up cellular waste and carbon dioxide in capillaries, blood is channeled through vessels that converge with one another to form venules, which continue to converge and form the larger veins.

After their release into the capillaries of the third ventricle, the hypophysiotropic hormones travel through what is known as the hypothalamo-pituitary portal circulation.

An AVM lacks the dampening effect of capillaries on the blood flow, which means that the AVM can get progressively larger over time as the amount of blood flowing through it increases, forcing the heart to work harder to keep up with the extra blood flow.

Aortic pressure is highest at the aorta and becomes less pulsatile and lower pressure as blood vessels divide into arteries, arterioles, and capillaries such that flow is slow and smooth for gases and nutrient exchange.

As a result, birds have more blood in their capillaries per unit of volume of lung than a mammal.

As a result, the capillaries in the parabronchi have thinner walls, permitting more efficient gaseous exchange.

As well as breathing with lungs, they respire through the many folds in their thin skin, which has capillaries close to the surface. citation The suborder Salamandroidea contains the advanced salamanders.