The deposit over time of plaque (lipids and fibrous tissue) in the tunica intrima (inner wall) of arteries is atherosclerosis.
An atheroma is an encysted tumor (fatty deposit) in the internal arterial wall or is the fatty degeneration of that wall.
atheroma
Angioplasty or balloon angioplasty is the medical term meaning passage of a balloon catheter through the lumen of an occluded coronary vessel to compress plaque against the arterial walls.
These fatty deposits can result in a condition called Arteriosclerosis, also, Atherosclerosis.
Endarterectomy
A very small artery is an arteriole.
Leukoplakia means white plaque.
plaque
plaque
Calculus is a hardened deposit that forms on teeth.dental calculus
Diastole is the lowest blood pressure measured in the peripheral arterial supply.
The fatty material that deposits along the walls of the blood vessels is called plaque. Plaque makes it harder for blood to pass through the vessels.
Anoxia is the medical term meaning absence of oxygen. an/ox/ia without/oxygen/condition of