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What is the medical term meaning tissue death of an artery or arteries?
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∙ 11y ago
Coronary artery disease caused by atherosclerosis
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∙ 8y agoArteriostenosis is the medical term meaning abnormal narrowing of an artery. Normal, physiologic narrowing of an artery is called vasoconstriction.
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∙ 11y agoArterionecrosis is the medical term meaning tissue death of an artery or arteries. In a related term, angionecrosis is death of blood or lymph vessel tissue.
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∙ 12y agocoronary atherosclerosis
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∙ 12y agocoarctation
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Are arteries hard?
When the person is young, the tissue inside an artery is smooth, but as we age, it progressively becomes rugged and this is the beginning of the atherosclerosis.The artery becomes rigid as we age.
How does the blockage of a coronary artery lead to a heart attack?
arteries provide oxygenated blood to the tissues they supply. ergo, a coronary artery that is blocked cannot deliver oxygen to the tissue it is supplying, and all that tissue dies... literally dies as in tissue necrosis, cellular death and just becomes a hunk of meat that flaps along with the tissue around it that still does get oxygen and can move. If a large enough piece of tissue dies or if multiple arteries get blocked then heart stops beating and death occurs.
What type of blood does the coronary artery deliver to the heart?
The coronary artery delivers oxygenated blood to the heart. The coronary arteries supply the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients.
What is the difference between an anatomic end artery and a functional end artery?
anatomic end arteries are vessels whose terminal branches donot anastomose with branches of arteries supplying adjacent areas . Functional end arteries are vessels whose terminal branches do anastomose with those of adjacent arteries , but the caliber of anastomoses is insufficient to keep the tissue alive should one of the arteries become occluded .
The main component of the tunica media of muscular arteries is?
Tunica Media or just Media is the central layer of arteries or veins. In the artery, it is composed of elastic tissue and smooth cell muscles.
What is the medical term meaning Inflammation of tissue surrounding an artery?
Periarteritis
Is Arterionecrosis the tissue death of an artery or arteries?
yes
What is an artery classified as tissue or organ?
Arteries, by some textbooks, are connective tissue.
Are arteries hard?
When the person is young, the tissue inside an artery is smooth, but as we age, it progressively becomes rugged and this is the beginning of the atherosclerosis.The artery becomes rigid as we age.
How does the blockage of a coronary artery lead to a heart attack?
arteries provide oxygenated blood to the tissues they supply. ergo, a coronary artery that is blocked cannot deliver oxygen to the tissue it is supplying, and all that tissue dies... literally dies as in tissue necrosis, cellular death and just becomes a hunk of meat that flaps along with the tissue around it that still does get oxygen and can move. If a large enough piece of tissue dies or if multiple arteries get blocked then heart stops beating and death occurs.
Which of the following is a difference between arteries and veins?
artery walls have more elastic tissue and smooth muscle than veins,
What type of blood does the coronary artery deliver to the heart?
The coronary artery delivers oxygenated blood to the heart. The coronary arteries supply the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients.
What is the medical term meaning connective tissue cancer of bone?
Osteosarcoma is the medical term meaning connective tissue cancer of bone.
What is the difference between an anatomic end artery and a functional end artery?
anatomic end arteries are vessels whose terminal branches donot anastomose with branches of arteries supplying adjacent areas . Functional end arteries are vessels whose terminal branches do anastomose with those of adjacent arteries , but the caliber of anastomoses is insufficient to keep the tissue alive should one of the arteries become occluded .
The main component of the tunica media of muscular arteries is?
Tunica Media or just Media is the central layer of arteries or veins. In the artery, it is composed of elastic tissue and smooth cell muscles.
What is the medical term meaning death of tissue caused by diabetes?
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum is the medical term meaning death of tissue caused by diabetes.
What are artery drains the pelvic organs?
Arteries don't drain the pelvic organs, any other organs, or any tissue in the body. Veins drain.
