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a vessel that is open or clear of obstruction
These sounds are called bruit and are listened to using a stethoscope. Bruit indicates partial arterial obstruction.
Yes
Wind could knock you over or blow your vessel into a submerged (unseen) obstruction.
lmyphedema
The process you are referring to is called hemostasis. This involves the tightening of the fibrin clot to seal the damaged vessel and prevent excessive bleeding.
The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
A blood vessel that forms a new pathway to bypass a blocked or damaged vessel is called a collateral circulation, or collateral blood flow. This natural process helps ensure adequate blood supply to tissues in the presence of arterial obstruction.
A single-masted sailing vessel is called a 'sloop-rigged' vessel.
A cardiac embolism is when there is an obstruction of a cardiac vessel. The obstruction can be made up of several different things including fatty plaque or blood clots. Embolisms frequently begin as a thrombus (a moving clot/obstruction) somewhere else in the body, then move through the blood stream and get stuck in the heart because the vessels are so small.
An angioplasty is the widening of a narrowed blood vessel. A stent is a tube inserted to prevent constriction.
Duyfken is the name of his vessel