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  2. Virchow's triad - Wikipedia

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    Phenomena of interrupted blood-flow Stasis [2] The first category, alterations in normal blood flow, refers to several situations. These include venous stasis, long surgical operations, prolonged immobility (whilst on a long plane or car ride, bed bound during hospitalization), and varicose veins. The equivalence of Virchow's version and the ...

  3. Blood (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Blood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aretas Blood (1816–1897), American railroad innovator; Archer Blood (1923–2004), American diplomat; Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919), American philosopher and poet; Ben Blood (1989), American professional ice hockey player; Bindon Blood (1842–1940), British military commander

  4. Family tree of Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    His Ancestors were generally referred to by their laqabs or titles, names will be mentioned alongside each title. Muhammad's ancestors to Murrah. AD 570 – Muhammad; AD 545 – Abdullah; AD 497 – Abd al-Muttalib (Shaybah) AD 464 – Hashim (Amr) AD 439 – Abd Manaf (Al-Mugheerah) AD 406 – Qusayy (Zayd) AD 373 – Kilab (Hakeem) AD 340 ...

  5. Stroke - Wikipedia

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    Anemia causes increase blood flow in the blood circulatory system. This causes the endothelial cells of the blood vessels to express adhesion factors which encourages the clotting of blood and formation of thrombus. [52] Sickle-cell anemia, which can cause blood cells to clump up and block blood vessels, can also lead to stroke.

  6. Korotkoff sounds - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, if the cuff of a sphygmomanometer is placed around a patient's upper arm and inflated to a pressure above the patient's systolic blood pressure, there will be no sound audible. This is because the pressure in the cuff is high enough such that it completely occludes the blood flow. This is similar to a flexible tube or pipe with fluid ...

  7. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).

  8. Surname - Wikipedia

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    In English and other languages like Spanish—although the usual order of names is "first middle last"—for the purpose of cataloging in libraries and in citing the names of authors in scholarly papers, the order is changed to "last, first middle," with the last and first names separated by a comma, and items are alphabetized by the last name.

  9. Hemodynamics - Wikipedia

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    This value is inversely related to the total cross-sectional area of the blood vessel and also differs per cross-section, because in normal condition the blood flow has laminar characteristics. For this reason, the blood flow velocity is the fastest in the middle of the vessel and slowest at the vessel wall.