arterial
Like key highways
Arterial describes something relating to arteries—the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.
An arterial blockage threatens blood flow.
Arterial blood is bright red from oxygen.
The word extends to major transportation routes: an arterial road or highway carries high-volume traffic into and through a city, like arteries feeding the body.
Chief arterial trunk
brachial · capillary · endothelium · intima · media · lumen · vasculature · vascular
Vehicle travel surface
- thoroughfareMain public road
- freewayHighway without tolls
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- motorwayHigh-speed divided highway
interstate · route · carriageway · traffic · congestion · commute · lanes · junction
Beating in rhythmic waves
- systolicOf heart contraction
- diastolicHeart's filling phase
- pulseArterial blood throb
- pressureForce upon contact
waveform · compliance · resistance · elasticity · perfusion · vasodilation · vasoconstriction · hypertension
Infused with O2
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- erythrocytesOxygen-carrying blood cells
- oxygen-richHaving high O2 concentration
pulmonary · systemic · hematocrit · perfusion · hemorrhage · bleeding · puncture · catheter
aorta
Chief arterial trunk
radial · brachial · capillary · endothelium · intima · media · lumen · vasculature · vascular · angiography
road
Vehicle travel surface
- thoroughfareMain public road
- freewayHighway without tolls
- expresswayLimited-access highway
motorway · interstate · route · carriageway · traffic · congestion · commute · lanes · junction · interchange
pulsatile
Beating in rhythmic waves
pressure · waveform · compliance · resistance · elasticity · perfusion · vasodilation · vasoconstriction · hypertension · hypotension
oxygenated
Infused with O2
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- erythrocytesOxygen-carrying blood cells
oxygen-rich · pulmonary · systemic · hematocrit · perfusion · hemorrhage · bleeding · puncture · catheter · line
primary
Chief in importance
trunk · conduit · channel · distribution · network · grid · pipeline · utility · infrastructure · municipal
- blood/circulationvein, blood, heart, pulse, capillary
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, veins, capillary, blood vessel
- roadshighway, highways, road, freeway, roads
- roadwayshighway, freeway, expressway, motorway, interstate
- routesroad, path, route, highway, freeway
- tissuesadipose, neural tissue, cardiac tissue, fibrous tissue, bone
- clogged arteriesVessels narrowed by plaque
- coronary arteriesBlood channels supplying heart
- arterial roadsPrimary high-volume roadways
- hardened arteriesStiffened, plaque-clogged blood vessels
- arterial pulseRhythmic vessel expansion
- arterial blockageObstructed blood vessel
arteries, arteriole, arterioles, arteriosclerosis, arterials, arterial road, arterial roads