Sentences with phrase «microscopic tearing of»

Either a blood vessel can snap, leading to a haemorrhage, or there can be microscopic tearing of the tissue around the vessel.

Microscopic tearing of tissue caused by unlubricated friction increases the chance of transmission of diseases.

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«A lot of the people will have microscopic tears — not like the bucket handle tears — but as part of the degenerative process,» says Dr. Feagan.

The lactic acid theory is now largely discredited, and muscle soreness is instead thought to result from microscopic tears in muscle fibres — and, crucially, new tears continue to appear for several days after a bout of exercise, possibly due to inflammation of the affected area.

Over time, these immune reactions by way of the antibodies can cause major wear and tear affecting the tiny microscopic finger like projections in the small bowel (particularly the duodenum, the first part of the small bowel) in a process called villous atrophy.

This damage consists of microscopic tears in the muscle fibers that make up the muscle and may involve injury to the contractile elements within the muscle fiber as well as the surrounding tissue, the connective tissue that surrounds each muscle fiber.

When you do a strength workout, the stress of training against heavy resistance creates microscopic muscles tears in muscle fibers that needs to be repaired.

That fuzzy material lining the lint trap is made up of tiny shreds of thread from hundreds of microscopic tears in the fabric of your clothing.

A study examining how the plastic waste is torn apart by ocean life has uncovered some eye - popping evidence, finding that a single plastic bag is literally broken into millions of microscopic pieces before being spread throughout the seas.