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What are the sounds heard over a blood vessel when the vessel is partially compressed?
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Sounds heard over a blood vessel when the vessel is partially compressed?
These sounds are called bruit and are listened to using a stethoscope. Bruit indicates partial arterial obstruction.
The single vessel that drains blood from the digestive tract organs to the liver is the?
The single vessel that drains blood from the digestive tract organs to the liver is the hepatic portal vein. Blood flow to the liver is unique, in that it receives both oxygenated and partially deoxygenated blood.
What if half your eye is bloodshot?
Sounds like maybe a broken blood vessel in eye
Are the sounds of Korotkoff like a pulse?
Yes and no. They certainly sound like a pulse! But the pulse is a feeling of blood flow through a vein, whereas Korotkoff sounds are the sounds of turbulent blood flow through a constricted or partially occluded artery.
What is the medical term meaning expansion of a blood vessel?
Dilation of a blood vessel is the term for physiologic widening of the vessel. Abnormal widening of the blood vessel through a weakening of the wall is known as aneurysm.Dilation of a blood vessel means widening of the vessel.
What is the function of the ventral blood vessel of a worm?
Blood vessel on the bottom of a worm Blood vessel on the bottom of a worm
What is the effector for blood vessel constriction?
Damage to the blood vessel.
Is the left atrium a blood vessel?
Yes it is a Blood Vessel
What blood vessel carry blood vessel?
The pulmonary artery, because it's the only vessel that oxygenates blood to the lungs.
From what blood vessel does the blood that flows through the grafted blood vessel come?
Aorta
If you rupture a blood vessel can you die?
Yes. It depends on the blood vessel and where it is, but yes a rupture to a blood vessel can kill you. A blood vessel is more likely to "pop" or rupture if it has an aneurysm, which is a local weakness where the blood vessel has stretched from the pressure of the blood. This is more likely to result in death if it is in a large blood vessel or in a critical location, such as the aorta or a vessel in the brain.
Is a blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart an afferent or efferent blood vessel?
efferent
