How to Use blood vessel in a Sentence

blood vessel

noun

• High blood pressure, or hypertension, puts stress on blood vessels.
  — Oliver Staley, Quartz Africa, 30 Dec. 2019
• Their irregular, crescent-moon shape can get stuck in blood vessels, blocking the flow of blood and oxygen.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• But over the next several months, Raphael became sicker as the largest blood vessel in his body narrowed.
  — Jessica Herzberg, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
• But earlier cognitive changes could instead be the result of buildups of tau, or changes in blood vessel structure.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 18 Jan. 2020
• During this procedure, a tiny balloon is inserted into a blood vessel in the groin.
  — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
• Rheumatoid arthritis can also affect the skin, eyes, lungs, heart and kidneys, as well as blood vessels and nervous tissues.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 15 Jan. 2020
• It is caused by deterioration of the center of the retina due to leaking blood vessels.
  — Jim Daley, Scientific American, 24 Dec. 2019
• Caffeine works to constrict the blood vessels under the eyes, reducing redness, Rieder says.
  — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2020
• And certain cells entering the blastema — pericytes, cells that encircle blood vessels — were able to make more of themselves, but nothing else.
  — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020
• Vascular dementia is the result of gnarled and broken blood vessels that normally supply oxygen to the brain.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2020
• For hemorrhagic strokes—the other main form of stroke, cause by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain—patients need their blood to clot to stop uncontrolled bleeding.
  — Oliver Staley, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2019
• Amazon filed a patent for technology that could identify you by scanning the wrinkles in the palm of your hand and by using a light to see beneath your skin to your blood vessels.
  — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2019
• All bodily processes release some kind of waste, and having enough water is critical to keep blood vessels open and those byproducts flowing to the liver and kidneys where they can be filtered out.
  — Donavyn Coffey, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2020
• Read more: With the pharma industry’s repeated failures to develop stroke treatments, stroke doctors have turned to mechanical devices that can clear blocked blood vessels in the brain.
  — Oliver Staley, Quartz Africa, 30 Dec. 2019
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024