microvasculature
- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˈvæskjʊlətʃər/
- Specialized
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microvasculatura
- Researchers study the microvasculature's role in how blood flows and delivers oxygen to tissues.
Examples
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So the eyes, the kidneys, the microvasculature of the heart and the brain are very susceptible to high levels of glucose.
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And so this microvasculature actually feeds the inside of the arterial wall.
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Yeah, no, I'm curious about microvasculature or micro capillaries.
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Taken together, these findings support the concept that astrocytic signals may be a critical link between neural activity and the microvasculature, at least in certain segments of the cerebrovascular network.
Academic text (2017) -
The pig experiment proved the concept, but a naked 1.5-millimeter metal bead isn't much use for transporting drugs inside the microvasculature of the human body.
Blog text (12) -
Endothelium-dependent vasodilation in response to acetylcholine is impaired in the coronary microvasculature of hypercholesterolaemic subjects.
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The microvasculature of the retina is crucial for maintaining vision and supporting the eye's health.
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In diabetes, damage to the microvasculature can lead to complications such as retinopathy and nephropathy.
Synonyms
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A network of blood vessels in a person, animal, or plant
Blood flows through the smallest blood vessels, like capillaries
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
microvasculature = vasculature (transparent) = micro + vasculature
The meaning is straightforwardly built from micro- plus vasculature, so the small-scale vessel network sense is recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Microvasculature breaks into micro- meaning 'small' and vasculature from a root for 'vessel', so think 'small vessels'. So, the word names the tiny network of blood 'vessels' in the body, which is why doctors use it for capillaries, arterioles, and venules.