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Veins
Veins are thin blood vessels that carry blood from various body parts to the heart. These have valves in them to prevent back flow of blood.
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Acute thrombosis better known as Coronary Thrombosis, is when a blood clot forms inside the a vessel of the heart.
Is the blood in your veins really blue and purple or does it just look that way?
Blood is blue in your veins!
An obstruction in the inferior vena cava would hamper the return of blood from where?
Abdomen and pelvis
Capillaries
What is the purpoes of the coronary artery?
The purpose of the coronary artery is to carry blood through the body. This is one of the main arteries in the body, and if it gets punctured, a person could bleed to death quickly.
What site do you never draw BLOOD from an infant and why?
you never draw BLOOD from an infant from the baby
Why is vein in arm shrinking after being blown?
It is just nature's way of telling you that using self-injected drugs is not good for you. You should see a doctor before the symptoms get worse and gangrene sets in.
What veins drain blood from the brain?
The Internal Jugular drains the brain via the collection of blood from the superior sagittal sinus, inferior sagittal sinus, straight sinus, right transverse sinus, sigmoid sinus, and cavernous sinus (to name a few).
....The other jugular....
The External Jugular drains the occipital, facial (also drained by internal jugular), maxillary, and temporal veins.
How is deep vein thrombosis detected?
Deep vein thrombosis can be detected through venography and radionuclide venography, Doppler ultrasonography, and impedance plethysmography.
Can deep see diving cause varicose veins?
yes especialy if you swim near the sharks and phiranas... you can die if they get infected so be carefull when sea diving you little cheese bomb
Ultrasound method of inferior vena cava diameter measurement?
Generally speaking the IVC is a dynamic structure that can vary in size, especially if the patient is evaluated with deep or suspended respiration. Using two dimensional ultrasound, an average anterior to posterior diameter measurement of the IVC (including the vessel wall) should not exceed 2.5 cm.
Do varicose veins occur in deep veins too or just in the superficial veins?
Deep veins will distend also, but not as much due to the increased pressure on them. superficial veins are under much less pressure being closer to the surface and away from muscles, so the distension is much more obvious.
What is a blockage in a ureter would interfere with?
It would interfere with ability to urinate. This is extremely painful and can be fatal.
yes, but it's actually called a celiac artery.
This is entirely wrong. The celiac artery is an entirely different structure. The celiac artery supplies oxygenated blood to the foregut (stomach, the first ~1/2 of the duodenum and various accessory GI organs). These organs are drained by the splenic vein and smaller tributaries to the hepatic portal system. There is no celiac vein.
How can you heal your vein when it hardens and calluses from shooting meth?
I need to know the same thing. i shot opiates a lot in the same vein and on the same spot for years cause its the easiest to hit. now the vein is callused and so hard i cant get a needle to pierce into it unless its a 25gauge or bigger because itll bend smaller needles. i've left it alone for a week or two and it seems to be softening back up now though. so thats not much of an answer but my advice is leave the vein alone and hit somewhere else for a while and see if it'll soften up.
How is blood kept moving in the veins of the legs?
The muscles in your legs help transport blood back to your heart. The veins in your legs also have valves to help this process and prevent blood from flowing back down towards your feet.
