(n.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
(n.) Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast, arteries which were exposed to CO showed a higher uptake of cholesterol as compared to their corresponding control.
(2) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(3) Arterial compliance of great vessels can be studied through the Doppler evaluation of pulsed wave velocity along the arterial tree.
(4) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(5) Following central retinal artery ligation, infarction of the retinal ganglion cells was reflected by a 97 per cent reduction in the radioactively labeled protein within the optic nerve.
(6) Each process has been linked to the regulation of cholesterol accretion in the arterial cell.
(7) The adjacent gauge was separated from the ischemic segment by one large nonoccluded diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery.
(8) Of 19 patients with coronary artery disease and "normal" omnicardiograms, only 8 (42%) had normal ventricular angiography.
(9) The main finding of this study is that diabetic adolescents with a high erythrocyte Na,Li countertransport rate have an arterial pressure significantly higher than patients with normal Na,Li countertransport fluxes.
(10) All the women had vaginal ultrasound velocimetry studies in both mainstem uterine arteries through the parametrium before the surgical procedure and again after the procedure.
(11) The origin of the aorta and pulmonary artery from the right ventricle is a complicated and little studied congenital cardiac malformation.
(12) The remaining case had a calibre persistent submucosal artery within the caecum that was found incidentally in a resection specimen.
(13) In patients with coronary artery disease, electrocardiographic signs of left atrial enlargement (LAE-negative P wave deflection greater than or equal to 1 mm2 in lead V1) are associated with increased left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP).
(14) Concentrations of several gastrointestinal hormonal peptides were measured in lymph from the cisterna chyli and in arterial plasma; in healthy, conscious pigs during ingestion of a meal.
(15) Using multiple regression, a linear correlation was established between the cardiac index and the arterial-venous pH and PCO2 differences throughout shock and resuscitation (r2 = .91).
(16) We studied the hemodynamic changes caused by bronchoscopy under LA in mechanically ventilated patients and the effect of LA on the endoscopic decline in arterial pO2.
(17) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
(18) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
(19) Myocardial ischaemia was induced in perfused rabbit hearts by ligating the left main coronary artery.
(20) Arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO2) was monitored continuously during normal labour in 33 healthy parturients receiving pethidine and nitrous oxide for analgesia.
Compressor
Definition:
(n.) Anything which serves to compress
(n.) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
(n.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.
(n.) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.
(n.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Those with an increase of 15% in mean PEFR in the week on active treatment and who experienced subjective benefit should be supplied with a compressor.
(2) It was recommended to place the light source with the compressor possibly higher to the floor level.
(3) After 4 minutes of ventricular fibrillation CPR was performed with the use of a pneumatic piston compressor.
(4) External CPR (ECPR) was performed with a mechanical compressor before opening the chest and pericardium through the left fifth interspace.
(5) One minute following electrically induced ventricular fibrillation, 12 anaesthetized pigs (hybrids between German and Belgian pedigree swine of 29 kg average body weight) were resuscitated for 30 min with a mechanical thorax compressor and ventilator.
(6) A prototype combined oxygen concentrator and air compressor is described.
(7) In a 12-year-old boy, air accidentally introduced subconjunctivally from the pointed tip of an air compressor hose, moved to an intracranial position over the sella turcica as demonstrated by x-ray films.
(8) Since compressor brands vary widely in power, care must be taken in the selection of appropriate models for efficient respiratory therapy.
(9) METHODS The pulmonary deposition of nebulised amiloride (1 mg in 3 ml saline) was measured in eight patients with cystic fibrosis when given via a jet (System 22 with CR 60 compressor) and an ultrasonic (Fisoneb) nebuliser.
(10) Ventricular fibrillation was induced and CPR was begun immediately with a sternal pneumatic compressor.
(11) The compressor was implemented digitally and incorporated a delay to reduce overshoot.
(12) A powerful compressor (2 M3.H-1 flow--3 bar pressure) draws up the moistened and warmed gases and injects them into a double pneumatic capacity.
(13) Each subject was tested with an unprocessed signal that was frequency-equalized to compensate for the individual's hearing loss, and a signal that was equalized and compressed by the use of a compressor compression technique.
(14) Salah Eddin external fixation systems, both sliding and compressor, were found to be efficient, biomechanically adequate, easy to apply and remove and able to replace considerable gaps with no risks of open surgery.
(15) Twenty subjects with moderate sensorineural hearing loss were tested in a counterbalanced order using the aid programmed as a linear amplifier (condition L) and as a two-band compressor (condition C).
(16) With just a mask and plastic tube connected to a compressor to supply them with air, they dive into the water, hoover up the sand with the suction hose, create a ditch to stand in, then turn the hose towards the newly created sea walls.
(17) As an air compressor was present, and oxygen accessible, a continuous flow technique was chosen.
(18) Four conditions of frequency compression, 0%, 20%, 33%, and 55% were obtained using a Varispeech compressor.
(19) An amplifier-compressor circuit has been designed and constructed which allows auditory monitoring of the electrical signal at the transducer.
(20) An impactor method was used to assess the amount of beclomethasone dipropionate in particles less than 5 microns produced by two nebulisers (Pari Inhalierboy, Medix Traveller compressor with cirrhus nebuliser chamber) and two spacer devices (Volumatic and Nebuhaler).