How to Use blood vessel in a Sentence

blood vessel

noun

• The next two teams are working on how to produce blood vessels capable of carrying blood.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Feb. 2020
• The roof of a whale’s mouth is lined with blood vessels that scientists believe could be used to dump heat during warmer months when the mouth is open.
  — Doug Fraser, USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2020
• These tiny dots are called petechiae and occur when small blood vessels called capillaries break.
  — Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
• Hickeys are basically just broken blood vessels caused by sucking, which results in a bruise.
  — Lily Puckett, Teen Vogue, 14 Feb. 2020
• Your peripheral blood vessels will also constrict, shunting precious oxygen to the brain and heart.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2020
• Specifically, the groin area is where several muscles, nerves, fascia and blood vessels converge.
  — Colin Hoobler, oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2020
• The folate in beets helps lower homocysteine levels, an amino acid that can damage blood vessels and contribute to heart disease.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 12 Oct. 2024
• The misshapen cells can cluster together and get stuck in blood vessels, impairing their ability to carry oxygen.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2024
• The transplant process involves two surgeries: a hysterectomy to remove the uterus and blood vessels from the donor and a surgery to implant them in the recipient.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
• Much as our blood vessels send life-sustaining fluid throughout our bodies, these tunnels convey the precious water that sustains all life in this region.
  — Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
• Meth use, and often longer-term meth use, can cause irregular heartbeat and damage blood vessels in the brain leading to heart attacks or hemorrhages, which can cause death.
  — Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 13 Feb. 2020
• The liver, for example, contains five major cell types, including immune cells, blood vessel cells, and fibroblasts.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2020
• Each year 18 million people die from cardiovascular diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels and can lead to heart attacks, stroke, or heart failure.
  — Jess Craig, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
• During embryonic development, blood vessels are laid down in the heart before the blood begins circulating.
  — Quanta Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
• The antibodies glom onto the cells, which then get stuck in small blood vessels and release their chemical load, leading to inflammation that can cause kidney damage and other problems.
  — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 5 Mar. 2020
• Ryan’s repeated exposure to blast waves severely damaged his brain by causing microscopic tears in the tissue, internal lining and blood vessels.
  — Lilly Price, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2020
• The bumps form when the blood vessels under your skin start to leak.
  — Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 21 July 2023
• As the blood vessels narrow, the heart is forced to work harder to pump blood to the lungs.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
• Each nail has a blood vessel inside of it, called the quick.
  — Kim Campbell Thornton, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• At the core is a hollow chamber called the pulp, where the nerve and blood vessel are.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
• 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
• He's spent the last decade with a blood vessel disease that leaves him tired all the time and unable to work.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
• In the garden world, the lights are going crazy, meaning the blood vessel is ready to be fed.
  — Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• 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
• When a blood vessel is injured, cell fragments called platelets rush to plug the leak.
  — Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024