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Arteriosclerosis is the medical term meaning progressive thickening of the inner walls of arteries.
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What is bladder wall thickening?
Bladder wall thickening is exactly what it sounds like. The wall of your bladder is thickening if you have bladder wall thickening.
How do you spell arterial blockage?
That is the correct spelling of "arterial blockage".The medical term is thrombosis when it is caused by a blood clot. The condition atherosclerosis is the narrowing of an artery caused by the thickening of the artery wall (as by cholesterol).
Wich health danger results from thickening of the artery walls system?
Atherosclerosis (also known asarteriosclerotic vascular diseaseorASVD) is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the accumulation of fatty materials such ascholesterolandtriglyceride.Arteriosclerosis is a general term describing any hardening (and loss of elasticity) of medium or large arteries.
What has the author Anil Kumar Joshi written?
Anil Kumar Joshi has written: 'Wall shear stress and intimal thickening in the right coronary artery'
What is the process called which involves the contraction of smooth muscle in the artery wall reducing the diameter of the lumen?
Vasoconstriction is normal contraction of smooth muscle in the artery wall.
What is an inner wall of an organ called?
andoman
What is the sac formed by dilation of a vessel wall in the cerebral artery called?
Aneurysm
What is a sac formed by dilation of a vessel wall in the cerebral artery called?
Aneurysm
What is arterial plaque made of?
Cholesterol, other fatty acids, and calcium.
Is Artery more thicker than vein?
the wall of an artery is usuallythicker that the wall of a vein.
The ballooning out of an artery wall at a point where it has been weakened by deterioration is called a(n)?
aneurysm
What is helical thickening?
Helical thickening, also known as spiral thickening, is a form of sculpturing. Helical thickenings are part of the S3 layer of the secondary wall.
