arteries
Tubes carrying oxygenated blood
Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
Most carry oxygen-rich blood; the pulmonary arteries are the exception, delivering blood to the lungs for oxygenation.
Figuratively, arteries are major routes of transport or communication: The interstate highways are the arteries of American commerce.
A main artery carries heavy traffic; clogged arteries slow movement.
Chief arterial trunk
jugular · brachial · capillaries · veins · endothelium · intima · media · vascular
Vascular fluid movement
- oxygenationAdding breathable gas
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
- vasoconstrictionArterial walls contracting inward
systolic · diastolic · pulse · blood pressure · cardiovascular · cardiac output · angiogenesis · turbulence
Arterial plaque accumulation disease
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- stenosisAbnormal bodily narrowing
- aneurysmArterial wall bulge
- ischemiaInsufficient tissue blood supply
thrombosis · embolism · hypertension · arteritis · calcification · occlusion · dissection · claudication
Essential connection to safety
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- supply lineRoute for delivering supplies
- thoroughfareMain public road
- channelPassage for transmission
pipeline · network · hub · distribution · flow · connection
Procedure to widen vessels
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- angiographyImaging of blood vessels
aorta
Chief arterial trunk
femoral · jugular · brachial · capillaries · veins · endothelium · intima · media · vascular · lumen
bloodflow
Vascular fluid movement
- oxygenationAdding breathable gas
- perfusionFluid delivery to tissue
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
vasoconstriction · systolic · diastolic · pulse · blood pressure · cardiovascular · cardiac output · angiogenesis · turbulence · laminar flow
atherosclerosis
Arterial plaque accumulation disease
ischemia · thrombosis · embolism · hypertension · arteritis · calcification · occlusion · dissection · claudication · gangrene
lifeline
Essential connection to safety
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- supply lineRoute for delivering supplies
- thoroughfareMain public road
channel · pipeline · network · hub · distribution · flow · connection
angioplasty
Procedure to widen vessels
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- circulation systemsblood vessels, veins, capillaries, heart, aorta
- cardiopulmonaryheart rate, lungs, blood pressure, circulation, breathing
- blood vesselsvein, veins, capillaries, capillary, aorta
- circulationblood, circulation, veins, bloodstream, cardiac
- smooth muscle organsstomach, intestines, bladder, uterus, esophagus
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
arteriesveins
Blood-return tubes
vena cava · pulmonary veins · venules · jugular veins · capillaries
arteriestributaries
Streams joining larger rivers
side streets · back roads · capillaries · dead ends · backroads
- 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
arterial, arteriole, arterioles, arteriosclerosis, arteriography, arterials, arterial blood