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The arrangement of blood vessels in the body or any part of it, including their relationship and functions.  

A person skilled in obtaining and/or interpreting ultrasonic or radiographic images of blood vessels.  

The loss of arterial elasticity that occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and aging.  

Parkinson’s disease is produced by small strokes that affect the basal ganglia, not by neuronal loss in these regions of the brain. Compared with patients who have classical Parkinson’s disease, people with vascular parkinsonism tend to be older and are more likely to have lower body rigidity, difficulty walking, and disturbances of balance. Upper body…

To become vascular by development of new blood vessels. To provide with a network of blood vessels.  

The simple squamous epithelial tissue lining the blood vessels. It is a semipermeable barrier between the blood and the vascular smooth muscle, produces vasodilator chemicals, and may inhibit vasoconstrictor substances. Damage to the endothelium leads to increased production of prostaglandins and stimulates blood clotting.  

The temporary implantation of radioactive material within the lumen of a blood vessel. It is used to prevent blood vessels opened by stents or other invasive cardiovascular procedures from closing again after invasive cardiovascular procedures, e.g., stent placements.  

Stellate veins of the choroid, carrying blood to the superior ophthalmic vein.  

The blood vessels of the umbilical cord presenting before the fetus.