How to Use blood vessel in a Sentence

blood vessel

noun
  • The bumps form when the blood vessels under your skin start to leak.
    Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 21 July 2023
  • And in the second a blood vessel can burst or leak, putting pressure on the brain.
    Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF, 16 May 2022
  • An aneurysm is a ballooning of a blood vessel in the brain.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The less common kind is due to a a burst or bleeding blood vessel.
    Lindsey Tanner, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The cold water can constrict the blood vessels, which can lead to a decrease in blood flow to the heart.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Two stents were needed to open a blood vessel that was 90% blocked.
    Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Artery is the specific term used for this type of blood vessel.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The femoral artery is a large blood vessel in the thigh that delivers blood to lower limbs.
    Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
  • The latter occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or bursts and causes bleeding in the brain.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Fetterman had the most common kind of stroke, caused by clots that block a blood vessel to the brain.
    Lindsey Tanner, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The huge ears have a dense network of blood vessels beneath the thin skin that allows moving air to cool the blood.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Now the cancer had spread to a blood vessel andpostburst through her skin.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • And yet, a doctor showed me an image of my brain and pointed to a dark spot where a blood vessel had burst.
    Dina Piersawl, Health, 28 Jan. 2023
  • As the body tries to cool down, blood vessels widen, redirecting hot blood from the core of your body toward the surface.
    WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • If left untreated, aneurysms can cause the wall of a blood vessel to split or burst, leading to death.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Aneurysms can happen in the leg and create enlarged blood vessels.
    Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • It can be caused by a blood vessel that bursts in the brain or by trauma such as a car crash, fall or accident.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • When this occurs, the cells can clump together, leading to clots and blockages in the blood vessels.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • And as the alcohol leaves your system over a few hours, the blood vessels will return to normal.
    Kristin Canning, Health, 30 June 2023
  • Neuralink’s equipment is about the size of a coin; Synchron’s is a small stent-like device that goes into the blood vessels in the brain.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This happens when a blood vessel on the surface of your vocal fold ruptures and the tissues fill with blood.
    Korin Miller, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Certain types of vasculitis can lead to aneurysms, or a rupture in a blood vessel.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The drug was previously thought to work by reducing the swelling of blood vessels in the nasal passages.
    Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2023
  • For instance, the donor pig was equipped with genes to help prevent blood clots and regulate blood vessel strength.
    Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
  • This causes your blood vessels to constrict and the heart rate to rise, raising your blood pressure.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • At stroke onset, a clot or ruptured blood vessel interrupts blood flow to the brain.
    Bree Iskandar, STAT, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The blue parts of the photo are blood vessels, the yellow parts are lymphatic vessels and the magenta parts are skin and scales.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Over time, high blood pressure can cause injury to the blood vessel walls and put you at risk of heart disease, according to the AHA.
    Elizabeth Bacharach, womenshealthmag.com, 6 June 2023
  • The aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body, comes directly off the heart, ascends to form an arch, then descends through the chest and into the abdomen.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
  • See all Abstractions blog But the brain’s blood vessels are built to a higher, less leaky standard.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023

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