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Definition of Arterioles
1. arteriole [n] - See also: arteriole
Medical Definition of Arterioles
1. The smallest divisions of the arteries located between the muscular arteries and the capillaries. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arterioles
Literary usage of Arterioles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutic Gazette (1894)
"Montanoa, it may be said, causes uterine contractions especially; ergot, contractions
of the uterus and of the arterioles ; while hydrastis affects the ..."
2. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for by New Sydenham Society (1873)
"Lauder Brunton and AB Meyer * bring forward a new proof that digitalin causes
contraction of the arterioles. They find that the blood pressure rises after ..."
3. Pharmacology and therapeutics, or, Medicine past and present by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1880)
"... pressure by its action on arterioles—General Contraction of arterioles a cause
of Angina Pectoris—Method of reasoning— Object of Bleeding—Use of Nitrite ..."
4. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"Experiments on balancing excitation against inhibition in nerve centres show Flo.
120. DEPRESSOR REFLEX ON THE arterioles OF ..."
5. Therapeutics of the circulation by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1915)
"As we pass down the arterial system the muscular fibres become more developed,
and in the arterioles we find a continuous muscular layer, ..."
6. Digestive Diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1995)
"DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (390-459) Diseases of Arteries, arterioles,
and Capillaries (440-448) 446 Polyarteritis nodosa and allied conditions ..."
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