Body+of+a+vessel

  • 41total body hematocrit — whole body hematocrit the average hematocrit of the whole body, as determined by tracer dilution methods; it is normally about 0.92 times the large vessel hematocrit …

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  • 42segmental blood vessel — (ANNELIDA) A blood vessel in the body wall, connecting anteriorly from dorsal to ventral arteries, and posteriorly by plexes around the gut …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 43large vessel hematocrit — the hematocrit of blood from a large vessel, usually a vein; cf. total body h …

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  • 44blood vessel — blood .vessel n one of the tubes through which blood flows in your body →↑artery, vein ↑vein …

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  • 45blood vessel — blood ,vessel noun count a tube that carries blood around your body, such as a VEIN or ARTERY: He had broken blood vessels on his nose and cheeks …

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  • 46After body — After Aft er ([.a]ft t[ e]r), a. [AS. [ae]fter after, behind; akin to Goth. aftaro, aftra, backwards, Icel. aptr, Sw. and Dan. efter, OHG. aftar behind, Dutch and LG. achter, Gr. apwte rw further off. The ending ter is an old comparative suffix,… …

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  • 47Weibel-Palade body — In physiology, Weibel Palade bodies are organelles in the endothelial cells, the cells which make up the endothelium, the exceedingly thin cell sheet which lines all blood vessels, and the heart. They are named after the two scientists who first… …

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  • 48Aschoff body — Aschoff bodies or Aschoff nodules are painless nodules present in rheumatic fever. AppearanceIt is an area of focal interstitial myocardial inflammation. Fully developed Aschoff bodies consist of fibrinoid change in connective tissue, lymphocytes …

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  • 49blood vessel — noun Date: 1694 any of the vessels through which blood circulates in the body …

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  • 50Schiller-Duval body — a structure resembling a glomerulus seen in yolk sac tumors, composed of germ cells surrounding a central blood vessel and occurring within a space lined by germ cells …

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