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Arterioles

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Arterioles
Small blood vessels that carry arterial (oxygenated) blood.

arterioles,
n small blood vessels that branch from the arteries and transport blood from the heart to the body tissues.


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The arterioles then narrow into smaller vessels called capillaries, which supply oxygen and nutrients to all the organs of your body.
Histopathologic findings included a marked lympho-histiocytic fibrinoid necrotizing vasculitis affecting small blood vessels and arterioles in the kidney and liver (Figure) and associated with lymphocytic interstitial nephritis and mild multifocal granulomatous hepatitis.
We also analyzed the post-treatment effects of ASX-O on the vascular tissues by examining the changes in the aorta and coronary arteries and arterioles.
 
 
 
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