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Blood flow avoids tiny blood vessels (capillaries) and moves directly from an artery into a vein. Arteriovenous fistulas usually occur in the legs but can ...
The smallest blood vessels are called capillaries. The capillaries slowly deliver oxygen through their thin, porous walls to the surrounding brain tissue.
A Study of Capillaries in Nailfolds of Healthy Children and Children with the Diagnosis of Systemic Auto-immune/inflammatory Diseases · Overview · Participation ...
The arteries usually branch into smaller blood vessels called capillaries. The spinal cord gets oxygen from the blood in the capillaries. Then the blood ...
Why is easy bruising so common in older adults? Most bruises form when small blood vessels (capillaries) near the skin's surface are broken by the impact of a ...
Also, bruising easily can result from the aging process. Over time, tissues that support the body's capillaries begin to weaken, and capillary walls become more ...
This type poses the highest risk of brain bleeds and other complications. Capillary telangiectasias. These are small blood vessels, called capillaries, that are ...
A capillaroscope is utilized to view the nailfold capillaries and evaluate for evidence of small vessel abnormalities, which can be seen with the aforementioned ...
An inflammation of the blood vessels, vasculitis may thicken and weaken blood vessel walls. If blood flow is restricted, organ damage can occur.
Petechiae (puh-TEE-kee-ee) are pinpoint, round spots that form on the skin. They're caused by bleeding, which makes the spots look red, brown or purple.
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