Sentences with phrase «into tiny blood vessels»

Mosquitoes carrying heartworm larvae bite dogs and inject the infective larvae into the dog under the skin or into tiny blood vessels as the mosquito takes its blood meal.

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If you could see into your womb, you would be able to see your baby's tiny veins, because the network of blood vessels that run underneath the skin can be seen easily, in addition to bones.

During PAE, an interventional radiologist makes a tiny incision in either the groin or wrist to insert a catheter (a small tube about the size of a strand of spaghetti) into an artery and, using image guidance, directs the catheter to the blood vessels on both sides of the enlarged prostate gland.

Implantation occurs when the cells nestle into the uterine lining and rupture tiny blood vessels.

He has watched the inflammation - producing proteins ADAM17 sets free into the bloodstream make a beeline for the heart, where they thicken and stiffen the walls of the tiny blood vessels that help feed the important muscle.

Tiny red dots on the skin, called petechiae, occur when the smallest blood vessels in the body, called capillaries, bleed into the skin.

The transport of interstitial fluid, which fills the spaces between cells, and maintaining its balance with circulatory fluids is another function of the lymphatic system.Tiny amounts of plasma migrate through the tiny blood vessels known as capillaries and into the spaces between cells.

As you drink and force your body to metabolize alcohol, you're converting ethanol into acetaldehyde and acetate in your liver, and this causes increased production of tiny blood vessel constrictors called thromboxanes.

«The further the condition progresses, the higher the risk that bacteria will get into the bloodstream through tiny broken blood vessels in the gums, then travel to your pet's organs, leading to cardiac, kidney, or liver disease,» says Jeffrey Klausner, DVM, chief medical officer at Banfield Pet Hospital in Portland, OR.

Tiny acupuncture needles are inserted into the skin where nerve bundles and blood vessels are located — called acupuncture or energy points — to improve blood circulation, oxygen flow, nerve stimulation, and the release of hormones that help relieve inflammation and pain.