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Diogenes of Apollonia developed the theory of pneuma, originally meaning just air but soon identified with the soul itself, and thought to co-exist with the blood in the blood vessels. [17] The arteries were thought to be responsible for the transport of air to the tissues and to be connected to the trachea. This was as a result of finding the ...
Arterial lines are most commonly used in intensive care medicine and anesthesia to monitor blood pressure directly and in real-time (rather than by intermittent and indirect measurement) and to obtain samples for arterial blood gas analysis.
The coronary arteries are the arterial blood vessels of coronary circulation, which transport oxygenated blood to the heart muscle.The heart requires a continuous supply of oxygen to function and survive, much like any other tissue or organ of the body.
An arteriole is a small-diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends and branches out from an artery and leads to capillaries. [1]Arterioles have muscular walls (usually only one to two layers of smooth muscle cells) and are the primary site of vascular resistance.
The upper five or six anterior intercostal arteries are branches of the internal thoracic artery (anterior intercostal branches of internal thoracic artery).The internal thoracic artery then divides into its two terminal branches, one of which - the musculophrenic artery - proceeds to issue anterior intercostal arteries to the remaining 6th, 7th, and 9th intercostal spaces; these diminish in ...
The intima-media thickness of the carotid artery wall is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and it increases with age and with long-term exposure to particulate air pollution. [ 9 ] Gallery
The brachial artery is the major blood vessel of the (upper) arm. It is the continuation of the axillary artery beyond the lower margin of teres major muscle.It continues down the ventral surface of the arm until it reaches the cubital fossa at the elbow.
Arteries of head and neck. Angiogram of the arterial supply.. The cerebral arteries describe three main pairs of arteries and their branches, which perfuse the cerebrum of the brain.