Arteries Sentence Examples

The smaller canals all serve as arteries to the Grand Canal.

This is done by letting such matter flow out of the iliac arteries out of a partly sealed lower anastomosis.

The aorta gives off a large branch (the anterior aorta) very near its origin, from which arise - first, the left axillary, and afterwards the right axillary and the two carotid arteries.

It is important to understand what foods contain healthy fat and which foods contain fat that harms the arteries.

When they are given by inhalation or by the mouth their first effect is to produce marked dilatation of the small arteries, with a fall of blood-pressure and a greatly increased rapidity of the heart's action.

They also help to reduce hardening of the arteries.

Sometimes the only way of telling whether the coronary arteries are diseased is to perform a coronary angiogram.

The coronary arteries showed severe generalized occlusive atheroma affecting all the main branches.

Cocaine users have significant atherosclerosis in their cerebral arteries.

The coronary arteries may also become thicker, leading to angina.

In 1628, the first complete explanation that blood flows through the body in arteries was published.

Eating 5 or more portions a day can protect your heart by helping to prevent atheroma from building up inside the coronary arteries.

Professor Whitwell said that the severe occlusive atheroma noted in the coronary arteries would be the underlying cause of the infarction.

At nightfall, a network of street barricades is constructed, blocking most of the city's arteries.

The clinic occurs every 2-3 months and assesses patients with increased blood pressure in the lung arteries.

Low dose aspirin helps to prevent blood clots forming inside arteries, which helps to prevent a further stroke.

In addition he coordinates the Cardiovascular Gene Therapy Group which is seeking ways to prevent coronary arteries from narrowing following balloon dilatation for angina.

The very routes once followed by Rob Roy's cattle drovers in time became the arteries which now carry our modern traffic.

For example, if the person has an air embolism in the arteries carrying blood to the brain, it may cause seizures.

The changes in the arteries induced by hip flexion were observed.

Other medical treatment is used to help reduce the furring up of your arteries.

My limbs became glassy, the bones and arteries faded, vanished, and the little white nerves went last.

Sample groups Patients with non-specific CAD, experiencing an acute myocardial infarction, small coronary arteries, chronic total occlusion of a coronary artery.

In particular, they appear to enhance the production of a hormone-like substance called nitric oxide from the inside wall of arteries.

The heart muscle is supplied with freshly oxygenated blood through two arteries (the coronary arteries ).

Paraplegia from injecting phenol into the arteries that supply the spinal cord (prevented by checking the needle position with radio-opaque dye ).

This reduces the deposition of fats on the walls of the arteries, reducing clotting of blood vessels and the heart.

Blood from the inferior thyroid, and internal thoracic arteries enters the thymus.

The open ends of the arteries are initially eroded by the invading trophoblastic tissues, and then later become partially blocked by cytotrophoblastic cells.

In this paper we hypothesized that invasive trophoblast released vasodilators which would dilate spiral arteries as an initial step in the physiology of transformation.

The test began with a high-resolution ultrasound of each woman to detect early signs of plaque build up in the carotid arteries.

Generally, one would expect to find two umbilical arteries accompanying the umbilical vein by this stage.

Thus more blood enters the uterus via the arteries than can be carried away by the veins.

The coronary arteries come out of the aorta just after the last heart valve (the aortic valve ).

This causes the ventricles to contract forcing the blood to leave via the semi lunar valves to the arteries.

The right anterior corner of the right ventricle passes into the short stem, guarded by three semi-lunar valves, which divides into the two pulmonary arteries.

The main arteries of the city are the Zeil, a broad street running from the Friedberger Anlage to the Rossmarkt and thence continued, by the Kaiserstrasse, through the fine new quarter built after 1872, to the magnificent principal railway station; and the Steinweg and Goethestrasse, which lead by the Bockenheimer Tor to the Bockenheimer Landstrasse, a broad boulevard intersecting the fashionable residential suburb to the N.W.

In most cases, the cause of angina is coronary atherosclerosis (thickening of the arteries supplying blood to the heart).

My work focuses on finding improved methods of imaging arteries using three-dimensional ultrasound.

Transposition of the great arteries (or vessels) A congenital heart defect in which the two arteries emerging from the heart are switched.

Patients requiring heart bypasses or angioplasties - a procedure to unblock arteries - are having their operations within three months, she said.

The coronary arteries come out of the aorta just after the last heart valve (the aortic valve).

This vegetable is high in phytochemicals that not only help reduce blood pressure but also lower stress hormones, which tend to constrict the arteries.

Vitamin B folate lowers the levels of homocysteine in the blood, a compound believed to be responsible for hardening the arteries.

Cholesterol buildup in the arteries often precedes cardiovascular problems, and doctors often recommend that patients reduce their cholesterol or improve the ratio of so-called "good" HDL cholesterol to "bad" LDL cholesterol.

They work by decreasing the clotting factor to make it more difficult for dangerous blood clots to form, and also make it easier for blood to pass through constricted arteries.

A natural sedative, valerian is effective at lowering blood pressure because it relaxes the muscles surrounding the walls of veins and arteries.

High cholesterol is one of the leading indicators of heart disease and is what causes the arteries to become clogged with plaque.

Clogged arteries reduce blood flow to the heart and brain and ultimately may lead to heart attacks or strokes.

The top number is the systolic measurement, which is the maximum pressure in the arteries, and the bottom number is the diastolic measurement, which is the minimum pressure in the arteries.

A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked, usually by a blood clot formed on the surface of plaques inside the coronary arteries.

As the worms multiply, they affect and clog the chambers of the right side of the heart, the arteries of the lungs, and the veins entering the heart and the liver, causing the later stages of heartworm symptoms to occur.

Clogged arteries that lead to heart disease are common in seniors.

Other complications may include collapsed lungs, premature aging of the skin on the hands and feet, and ruptured arteries and veins.

Blood vessels-General term for arteries, veins, and capillaries that transport blood throughout the body.

If this clotting occurs in the larger arteries, it results in major tissue damage.

Blood normally leaves the heart by way of the left ventricle and is distributed to the body through the arteries.

High blood pressure (hypertension) affects parts of the body supplied by arteries that branch off the aortic arch above the narrowing.

During the physical exam, the child's blood pressure is measured, and a stethoscope is used to listen to sounds made by the heart and blood flowing through the arteries.

If the opening does not close on its own, it needs to be repaired to prevent the pulmonary arteries from becoming thickened and blocked due to increased blood flow.

Eisenmenger's syndrome-A condition in which high pressures in the pulmonary arteries cause them to thicken.

Also at risk are the smaller veins and arteries, which can develop blood clots.

Elevated cholesterol levels can result in the accumulation of fatty deposits on blood vessel walls, narrowing veins and arteries and impeding blood flow to the heart, brain, and other organs.

High cholesterol levels and fatty deposits in veins and arteries (atherosclerosis) have been found during autopsies of children who have died of accidents and other causes.

Sluggishness may also be noted if a child's veins and arteries are consistently filled with higher than normal amounts of fatty substances that are not being metabolized by the body.

Atherosclerosis-A disease process whereby plaques of fatty substances are deposited inside arteries, reducing the inside diameter of the vessels and eventually causing damage to the tissues located beyond the site of the blockage.

When heart valves, arteries, or veins are narrowed, they partially or completely block the flow of blood.

Stenosis is a narrowing of the valves or arteries.

Cyanotic defects include truncus arteriosus, total anomalous pulmonary venous return, tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, tricuspid atresia, and pulmonary atresia.

In transposition (reversal of position) of the great arteries, the positions of the pulmonary artery and the aorta are reversed, causing oxygen-rich blood to re-circulate to the lungs while oxygen-poor blood goes to the rest of the body.

Transposition of the great arteries comprises 10-14 percent of congenital cardiovascular defect cases in the United States.

Arterial switch, to correct transposition of the great arteries, involves connecting the aorta to the left ventricle and connecting the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle.

Balloon atrial septostomy, also done to correct transposition of the great arteries, enlarges the atrial opening during heart catheterization.

Transposition of the great arteries also can be corrected by the Damus-Kaye-Stansel procedure, in which the pulmonary artery is cut in two and connected to the ascending aorta and the farthest section of the right ventricle.

For transposition of the great arteries, venous switch creates a tunnel inside the atria to re-direct oxygen-rich blood to the right ventricle and aorta, and venous blood to the left ventricle and pulmonary artery.

Renal artery stenosis-A disorder in which the arteries that supply blood to the kidneys are narrowed or constricted.

Vertigo can also be caused by disorders of the central nervous system and the circulatory system, such as hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis), stroke, or multiple sclerosis.

Blood clots in the renal arteries are uncommon, but when they do occur, there is a risk of pulmonary embolism, a dangerous condition that occurs when the clot or a portion of the clot dislodges and travels to the lungs.

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries.

Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body's tissues.

As blood flows through arteries, it pushes against the inside of artery walls.

The size of arteries also affects the blood pressure.

When the muscular walls of arteries are relaxed, or dilated, the pressure of the blood flowing through them is lower than when the artery walls narrow, or constricted.

Blood pressure is highest when the heart beats to push blood out into the arteries.

Atherosclerosis is hardening of the arteries.

The walls of arteries have a layer of muscle and elastic tissue that makes them flexible and able to dilate and constrict as blood flows through them.

Cholesterol and fats are more likely to build up on the walls of damaged arteries, making them even narrower.

Blood clots also can get trapped in narrowed arteries, blocking the flow of blood.

Arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis may not deliver enough blood to organs and other tissues.

If hypertension thickens the arteries to the kidneys, less waste can be filtered from the blood.

Kidney infections, a narrowing of the arteries that carry blood to the kidneys, called renal artery stenosis, and other kidney disorders can disturb the salt and water balance.

The physician uses a stethoscope to listen to sounds made by the heart and blood flowing through the arteries.

It can detect if the heart muscle is enlarged and if there is damage to the heart muscle from blocked arteries.

This condition is frequently caused by hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis).

Patent ductus arteriosus is a condition in which the duct that channels blood between two main arteries does not close after the baby is born.

Kawasaki syndrome, also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MLNS), is an inflammatory disorder with potentially fatal complications affecting the heart and its larger arteries.

These complications include inflammation of the heart tissue (myocarditis), disturbances in heartbeat rhythm (arrhythmias), and areas of blood vessel dilation (aneurysms) in the coronary arteries.

Complications of the heart or arteries begin to develop around the tenth day after the illness begins, when the fever and rash begin to subside.

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a birth defect causing a fatal condition in which there is a reversal, or switch, in the primary connections of the two main (great) blood vessels to the heart, the aorta and pulmonary artery.

There are two great arteries that transport blood away from the heart, the pulmonary artery and the aorta.

In children with transposition of the great arteries, the connection of the two great arteries is reversed.

Transposition of the great arteries affects 20 to 30 of every 100,000 live births each year.

Transposition of the great arteries is most often an isolated defect and is not associated with other congenital syndromes.

Transposition of the great arteries is a birth defect that occurs during fetal development.

Transposition of the great arteries may be treated by the use of medications called prostaglandins which keep the ductus arteriousus open.

In transposition of the great arteries repair surgery, the infant's heart is stopped, and blood is circulated through the body using a mechanical heart-lung machine.

The two great arteries are reconnected to their proper destination.

The coronary arteries are also reconnected, so that they can supply blood to the heart itself.

Transposition of the great arteries is a complex congenital malformation; however, open heart surgery is highly effective in correcting it.

Open heart surgery to repair transposition of the great arteries is usually performed within the first days or weeks of life.

Magnesium protects the lining of arteries and helps form bones.

The skin begins to freeze, causing ice crystal formation, damage to capillaries (the tiny blood vessels that connect the arteries and veins), and other changes that damage and eventually kill cells.

Carotid artery-One of the major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck.

Nicotine may also damage the inner walls of the arteries, which allows fat to build up in them.

As main arteries for this circulation of water through its system great canals, constituting in reality so many branches of the river, connected all parts of Babylonia, and formed a natural means both of defence and also of transportation from one part of the country to another.

Blochmann to obtain in the genital arteries.

The knife is then carefully examined, and if there be the slightest flaw in its blade the meat cannot be eaten, as the cut would not have been clean, the uneven blade causing a thrill to pass through the beast and thus driving the blood again through the arteries.

It is now commonly used to indicate the transparent homogeneous structureless swellings which are found affecting the smaller arteries and the capillaries.

Syphilitic lesion of the arteries, and likewise of other fibrous tissues, often involves grave consequential damage to nervous structures fed or supported by such parts.

Altogether a sum approaching 2,500,000 was spent in Holland within the latter part of the 19th century on the improvement of the Rhine and its principal arteries.

Among other things Hales invented a "sea-gauge" for sounding, and processes for distilling fresh from sea water, for preserving corn from weevils by fumigation with brimstone, and for salting animals whole by passing brine into their arteries.

Inflammation of the Liver (hepatitis) may also be caused by an attack of micro-organisms which have reached it through the veins coming from the large intestine, or through the main arteries.

It consists of arteries, veins and sinuses, but ramified capillaries are usually absent except in the integuments of Cephalopods.

Her newly won possessions were both small and scattered, though, on the other hand, she had secured the practical control of the Position of three principal rivers of north Germany - the Oder, the Elbe and the Weser - and reaped the full advantage of the tolls levied on those great commercial arteries.

By raising the hand nearly to a level with the head both the constant pain and the severity of the throbs may be relieved, as the blood is not sent with such great force into the arteries and returns more readily through the veins.

Another condition which is probably due to toxins is high pressure within the arteries.

The Hab river, which forms the boundary west of Karachi; the Purali (the ancient Arabus), which drains the low-lying flats of Las Bela; the Hingol (the ancient Tomerus) and the Dasht, which drain Makran, are all considerable streams, draining into the Arabian Sea and forming important arteries in the network of internal communication.

In the time of Alexander the Great Praxagoras discovered the distinction between the arteries and the veins.

The main roads laid out as arteries of intercommunication by the Romans, suffered to fall into neglect, and revived in the coaching days of the beginning of the 19th century, fell into a second period of comparative neglect when the railway system was completed; but they have recovered a very large share of their old importance in consequence of the development of motortraffic. Following the Roman roads, the high roads of the Eastern Division very frequently run along the crests of ridges or escarpments; but in the Western Division they are, as a rule, forced by the more commanding relief of the country to keep to the river valleys and cross the rougher districts through the dales and passes.

Such are the Takazze in the north, the Abai in the centre, and the Sobat in the south, and through these three arteries is discharged about four-fifths of the entire drainage.

The drug greatly raises the blood-pressure by causing extreme contraction of the arteries.

In the gangrenous form various parts of the body underwent gangrene as a consequence of the arrest of bloodsupply produced by the action of sphacelinic acid on the arteries.

Traces of former rivers and channels, which were the main arteries of prosperous regions within the period of written history, have now disappeared.

Each tiny alveolus is surrounded by a network of capillaries that joins veins and arteries.

Cholesterol can build up in the arteries, restricting or blocking blood flow which can lead to a heart attack.

When the pressure of the blood pumping through the arteries is too high, it causes the heart to work harder to get the blood moving.

Pathophysiology covers how the disease affects the pulmonary arteries and other organs.

Coronary artery disease is one form of heart disease and occurs when the arteries supplying blood to the heart are blocked due to a buildup of fatty material or scar tissue.

Some cholesterol is necessary for good health, but too much can lead to clogged arteries.

Peripheral artery disease is a condition in which the arteries in the legs become blocked.

The antioxidants in wine help to prevent plaque build up on the arteries in the brain, which is one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

An interventional procedure called carotid angioplasty may be performed to treat a blockage or blockages in the carotid arteries.

Arteriosclerosis-A chronic condition characterized by thickening, loss of leasticity, and hardening of the arteries and the build-up of plaque on the arterial walls.

Heart attack-Damage that occurs to the heart when one of the coronary arteries becomes narrowed or blocked.

When the heart beats, normally it makes two sounds, "lubb" when the valves between the atria and ventricles close, and "dupp" or "dub" when the valves between the ventricles and the major arteries close.

Various sized tumors may grow on the nerves in or leading away from the brain and spinal cord (peripheral nerves) and in the vascular system (veins and arteries) and other organ systems.

It can affect any type or size of blood vessel-large arteries and veins as well as arterioles, venules, or capillaries.

Patients with Takayasu arteritis often require surgical repair of damaged arteries.

The connective tissue in the intestines, arteries, uterus, and other hollow organs may be unusually weak, leading to organ or blood vessel rupture.

Most patients with Kawasaki syndrome will recover completely, but about 1-2 percent die as a result of blood clots forming in the coronary arteries or as a result of a heart attack.

Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), and stroke.

This air causes the lung to collapse further, making breathing even harder and interfering with blood flow in the lung arteries.

Normally, oxygenated blood flows to the tissue through arteries and capillaries.

Researchers suggest that because selenium fights free radicals, that it may help lower the risk of clogged arteries and decrease heart inflammation.

Hardening of the arteries--or atherosclerosis--narrows blood vessels, causing the heart to work more forcibly to push blood through the restricted pathways.

It is sometimes a result of a medical condition such as heart disease, clogged arteries, diabetes or a side effect of a medicine.

On the other hand high-density lipoprotein, HDL, carries the cholesterol away from the arteries.

That's the kind of fat in meats, cheeses and dairy products that gunks up your arteries and raises bad cholesterol levels.

Cooking low fat recipes will inevitably help keep our arteries in the best shape possible.

Research has determined that saturated fat and trans fat are the worst offenders to the human body, mainly the heart and arteries.

When your blood pressure remains high over a long period of time, you will experience hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and are at risk for heart attacks and stroke.

This means that if you take steps now to control your blood pressure, you can protect your heart and arteries from future damage.

Certain medications may be prescribed to help manage your blood pressure and taking them sooner as opposed to later can prevent damage to your heart and arteries.

Getting too much cholesterol can lead to clogged arteries, which in turn can cause heart disease, heart attacks and other health problems.

Peanut butter is actually not that bad for you, as long as you choose the natural kind rather than the hydrogenated fat-version that clogs up your arteries.

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) - known as the 'bad' cholesterol, this one does the opposite of the HDL and takes cholesterol from the liver and deposits it in the arteries causing a narrowing over time.

For years doctors have been telling us that too much sodium is bad for our health, as it causes kidney problems, high blood pressure, and hardening of the arteries.

This component has a serious impact on the body, including hardening of the arteries and heart problems.

Plaque builds up in the arteries, gradually clogging them.

According to the American Heart Association, LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, can form plaque and clog your arteries, leading to heart attacks and strokes.

Saturated fats are thick and heavy and tend to accumulate in arteries.

Saturated fat contributes to increased rates of heart disease, high cholesterol, and clogged arteries.

By lowering your cholesterol, you help maintain your cardiovascular health by reducing your risk of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries.

High cholesterol puts you at risk for atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, a major risk factor for heart disease.

The walls of your arteries also adapt to the increase in activity by becoming more elastic.

Too much, and you're bound to get small chunks of it stuck to the insides of the arteries where it can build up to dangerous obstructions over time.

This in turn decreases your resting heart rate and blood pressure, which keeps the arteries from stiffening and thus decreasing the risk of getting clogged up later in life.

Over time, this can lead to atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries.

Regular exercise will elevate the levels of HDL or good cholesterol in your blood, further reducing your risk of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries.

The aortic trunk is very short, sends off the coronary arteries and then the left aorta brachiocephalica, while the rest divides into the right brachiocephalic and the aorta descendens.

Their movement in an upward or downward direction in Limulus and Mygale must exert a pumping action on the blood contained in the dorsal arteries and the ventral veins respectively.

On the other hand, in many Arthropods, especially those which possess tracheae, the arteries do not have a long course, but soon open into wide blood sinuses.

The figure B also shows the peculiar neural investiture formed by the cerebral arteries in Limulus and the derivation from this of the arteries to the limbs, III, IV, VI, whereas in Scorpio the latter have a separate origin from the anterior aorta.

The terminal branches of the arteries supplying these organs are usually described as not anastomosing but many, if not all, of Cohnheim's end-arteries have minute collateral channels; which, however, are usually insufficient to completely compensate for the blocking that may occur in these arteries, therefore, when one of them is obstructed, the area irrigated by it dies from malnutrition.

With changes of the pressures of the blood in arteries, veins or capillaries, and in the heart itself and its respective chambers, static changes are apt to follow in these parts; such as degeneration of the coats of the arteries, due either to the silent tooth of time, to persistent high blood pressures, or to the action of poisons such as lead or syphilis.

But this control does not meet the problem of actually lessening the number of vehicles in the main arteries of traffic. At such crossings as that of the Strand and Wellington Street, Ludgate Circus and south of the Thames, the Elephant and Castle, as also in the narrow streets of the City, congestion is often exceedingly severe, and is aggravated when any main street is under repair, and diversion of traffic through narrow side streets becomes necessary.

His knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology was necessarily defective, the respect in which the dead body was held by the Greeks precluding him from practising dissection; thus we find him writing of the tissues without distinguishing between the various textures of the body, confusing arteries, veins and nerves, and speaking vaguely of the muscles as " flesh."

In Anodonta the blood is driven by the ventricle through the arteries into vessel-like spaces.

The arteries and veins have proper endothelial walls; they pass abruptly into the sinuses and in some cases communication is effected by orifices in the walls of the vessels, as for example in the vena cava of Nautilus.

The heart receives blood from the gills and mantle, and pumps it through arteries to the body.

The ramifications of the arteries convey the blood to all parts of the body, and it finally reaches the venous sinuses, the chief of which are the pedal, the pallial and the median-ventral.

Physostigmine, indeed, stimulates nearly all the non-striped muscles in the body, and this action upon the muscular coats of the arteries, and especially of the arterioles, causes a great rise in blood-pressure shortly after its absorption, which is very rapid.

Its first action on any of the body-tissues is upon unstriped muscle, so that the first consequence of its absorption is a contraction of the arteries and arterioles.

The motor nerves of the arteries, of the bladder and rectal sphincters, and also of the bronchi, are paralysed by atropine, but the nervous arrangements of those organs are highly complex and until they are further unravelled by physiologists, pharmacology will be unable to give much information which might be of great value in the employment of atropine.

The great arteries, however, number three, which, starting from Massawa by way of Asmara, run, two to Abyssinia, and one to Kassala and Khartum.

The other drainage arteries are all small, but many in number; while lakes and marshes aggregate fully 222% of the total surface.

It has been found that in many cases of this disease the pressure of blood within the arteries becomes increased, probably from spasmodic contraction of the arteries themselves.

Nitrite of amyl has the power of dilating the arteries; it has consequently been employed with much success in lowering the blood pressure and removing the pain in angina pectoris.

Blisters applied at some distance from inflamed parts are also sometimes useful; and probably they produce this good effect by causing a reflex contraction of the arteries in the inflamed part, and thus acting like a cold application.

High tension in the arteries is often associated with sleeplessness, the pressure of blood being such that the circulation in the brain is constantly maintained at a high rate of speed and the brain is unable to obtain rest.

Directly south are the beginnings of the meridional arteries, the Hab, the Purali and the Hingol, which end in the Arabian Sea, leaving a space of mountainous seaboard (Makran) south of the Panjgur and west of the Hingol, which is watered (so far as it is watered at all) by the long lateral Kej river and several smaller mountain streams. Thus southern Baluchistan comprises four hydrographical sections.

Vital spirit, inhaled from the outside air, rushes through the arteries till it reaches the various centres, especially the brain and the heart, and there causes thought and organic movement.

All those symptoms are referable to spasmodic constriction of the small surface arteries, the pulse at the wrist being itself small, hard and quick.

The feeling of heat is at first an internal one, but it spreads outwards to the surface and to the extremities; the skin becomes warm and red, but remains dry; the pulse becomes softer and more full, but still quick; and the throbbings occur in exposed arteries, such as the temporal.

The vascular system is not extensive, the arteries soon ending in the well-marked spongy tissue which builds up the muscular foot, parapodia, and dorsal body-wall.

These soluble salts combine with the albumins in the body, and are deposited as minute granules of silver albuminate in the connective tissue of the skin papillae, serous membranes, the intima of arteries and the kidney.

As in other molluscs, the arteries do not extend far, but lead into inter-visceral blood-spaces.

The rivers play a very important part in the economy of Borneo, both as highways and as lines along which run the main arteries of population.

But if such a remedy were given alone it might, and probably would, act on the arteries as well as the heart, and by causing the contraction of the vessels do more harm than good.

The reason probably is that the application of cold causes contraction of the arteries leading to the inflamed part, while heat by dilating the vessels around forms a side channel through which the blood passes, the tension in the seat of inflammation being thus lessened in both cases.

A very remarkable feature in Limulus, first described by Owen, is the close accompaniment of the prosomatic nerve centres and nerves by arteries, so close indeed that the great ganglion mass and its out-running nerves are actually sunk in or invested by ch.

It seems that there is a primitive tendency in the Arthropoda for the arteries to accompany the nerve cords, and a " supra-spinal " artery - that is to say, an artery in close relation to the ventral nerve cords--has been described in several cases.

The Rhine, so long the home of romance, has become one of the great arteries of traffic, and lines of railways on both sides have caused small villages to become large towns.

Gull and Sutton asserted that in particular states of body, and more especially in the condition associated with cirrhotic kidney, such a fibrosis becomes general, running, as they alleged it does, along the adventitia of arteries and spreading to their capillaries.