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Capillaries

The smallest arteries which, in the lung, are located next to the alveoli so that they can pick up oxygen from inhaled air.
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Caption: FIGURE 5: Fluorescein angiography image in the left eye at (a) initial visit demonstrating loss of small capillaries, but nonperfusion areas were not observed.
Typically, PVOD shows dilated capillaries without proliferation, as well as small veins blocked by organizing thrombi rather than infiltrating capillaries.
The mature intermediate villi contain supplying arterioles, thin capillaries and venules.
For longer capillaries, higher numbers of elements, as many as 35 000 elements, were employed.
Particles were localized within epithelial and endothelial cells, within fibroblasts and between collagen fibrils in the connective tissue, within blood capillaries, and even within RBCs (Figure 1).
The geometric shapes used included 50-[micro]m diameter posts, 100-[micro]m notches, and connecting capillaries with 10- to 200-[micro]m cross-sectional diameters (Fig.
These capillaries actually "leak" blood that begins to oxidize (through a process called hemoglobin degradation) ...
The new version has several enhancements, including the ability to measure capillary wear and incorporate it in pass/fail criteria, the ability to measure angled capillaries and to inspect spinnerettes that may have damage-preventive coatings.
(1) They usually originate in the capillaries, but they sometimes arise in the venous vessels, as well.
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