Sentences with phrase «tissues via the blood»

It also helps alkalize the body by providing oxygen to tissues via the blood, which helps eliminates toxins through the process of respiration.

Hormones are chemical messengers transported to target tissues via the blood.

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The immune cells appear to travel to the lens via a web of ligaments that suspends the lens and connects it to the surrounding muscle tissue called the ciliary body, rich with immune - cell - carrying blood vessels.

The research suggests there are more people infected in lymphoid tissues, who may never develop the disease but could still infect others via blood transfusions or organ donations

Ultrasound vibrations penetrate bodily tissue including bone, and are widely used to image anatomical structures via echo effects, e.g. visualizing unborn babies in mothers» wombs, and organs, blood vessels, nerves and other structures in medical procedures.

If fertilized, the egg grows in place, supporting itself via placental tissues that eat into the wall of the tube and by releasing chemicals that stimulate the formation of new blood vessels.

While arteries are the main supply routes into the brain, blood ultimately delivers its payload of oxygen to its final destination via a vast web of smaller capillaries — or microvessels — which permeate brain tissue.

«We reasoned that organs in the body are in one medium — the blood — so we created a simple version of the blood and allowed the tissues to communicate via the medium.»

The scar tissue blocks the flow of blood through the liver leading to increased pressure in the blood vessels in the intestine and thus to the leakage of intestinal bacteria, which reach the liver via the blood.

Thus, dissemination of cancer cells occurs after prolonged tumor development and following access to neighboring blood vessels via transit through stromal tissue.

It has been found that vitamin C can cross the blood - brain barrier via the GLUT1 receptor, in its oxidized form and is retained in brain tissue in the form of ascorbic acid.

If not eliminated via phase 2 detoxification, these intermediates build up in the skin, blood and tissues of our system causing inflammation and disease.

Those who suffer from periodontis — a condition in which the tissue that supports the teeth begins to erode from bacteria — may release mouth bacteria into the blood stream via chewing and tooth brushing.

It is now well established that the adipocyte - derived hormone leptin, which is well known for its central role in body weight regulation in part via its control over thermogenesis, 52 — 55 also plays an important role in blood glucose homeostasis and in the protection of insulin - sensitive tissues against excessive ectopic lipid storage by regulating the partitioning of fatty acid away from storage towards oxidation.

Unfortunately, the leading exercise physiology textbook also claims a «low - carbohydrate diet sets the stage for a significant loss of lean tissue as the body recruits amino acids from muscle to maintain blood glucose via gluconeogenesis [2].»

Some arise directly from brain tissue, others spread to the brain via the bloodstream (since the brain has an extensive blood supply).

These procedures are performed via various methods that utilize their blood, faeces and tissue samples.and more»

But rather than via blood, tissues can also be collected via blow - hole air, which is rich with, well, whale snot.