How to Use artery in a Sentence

artery

noun
  • He favors local side roads over major arteries.
  • Is a butterfly hair clip a usable clamp for an artery that's bleeding out?
    Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Blood vessels: The brachial artery runs close to the bicep, supplying blood to the arm.
    Sarah Jividen, Health, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The virus has also been found in sticky plaques that form in arteries that can rupture and cause heart attacks and strokes.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The blockage sometimes occurs when an artery becomes too narrow for enough blood to pass through it, which is called stenosis.
    Alyssa Hui, Health.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Stenosis is caused by a buildup of blood clots and plaque—a mixture of fatty substances and cholesterol—on the inner walls of the artery.
    Alyssa Hui, Health.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Rzeszow has become a major resupply artery for Ukraine.
    Tarini Parti, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
  • As a plaque begins to form in an artery, the immune system is alerted that the plaque is a foreign invader that shouldn’t be there.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The fascia, which goes over the muscle, became extremely tight, crushing the muscle, veins and artery.
    Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The hand wound required emergency treatment at Froedtert because an artery was nicked, the complaint said.
    Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Medically known as hypertension, high blood pressure is used to describe the force of blood against artery walls.
    Ashley Abramson, SELF, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Estrogen increases blood clotting risk, and one critical step in a heart attack is the formation of a clot inside an artery supplying blood to the heart.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2022
  • This is likely because triterpenes may help reduce inflammation in blood vessels and arteries and improve overall blood circulation.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Patients also had a 17% heightened risk of developing a pulmonary embolism, a clot that develops in a blood vessel and travels to a lung artery, up to six months after having the virus.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Both stable and unstable angina occur when the arteries (blood vessels) become narrow or blocked during CAD.
    Alexandria Nyembwe, Phd, Rn, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
  • In this lawless trade, the river is the artery to the world.
    New York Times, 14 June 2022
  • The aorta is the main artery that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body and brain.
    Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • If Nch’i-Wána is the main artery of the land, those streams are like the veins that feed it.
    Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The Brent Spence Bridge is a major artery for freight in the country.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Warren Street is the place to start as it’s the main artery that goes through town.
    Juyoung Seo, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • An aorta is the large artery that carries the blood from the heart through the chest and torso.
    Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • For example, the carotid artery is in the neck and the radial artery is in the wrist.
    Vincent Iannelli, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • The brachial artery, inside the elbow where the bicep meets the forearm.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • In times of stress or exertion, the blood flow in one artery would cut off.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Surgeons go up into the veins, gaining access to the artery at the top of the leg.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The brachial artery, inside the elbow where the bicep meets the forearm.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
  • Riley, look at Daddy, says a man to a toddler in the artery.
    Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • And the long footbridge crossing that’s like an artery into the city.
    Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
  • The shark punctured the kneecap and just missed a nearby artery, Borrego said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 May 2024
  • The easiest places to find a pulse are either the brachial artery (in your wrist) or the carotid artery (in your neck).
    Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

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