Sentence examples for underlying vein from inspiring English sources

For example, it has been hypothesised that an anteriorly placed artery stiffened by atherosclerosis compresses the underlying vein against the neural retina, reducing blood flow downstream of the crossing.

The underlying veins make all the difference in colors.

The causative factors and the pathophysiological processes that underlie vein graft disease are not well understood.

It was decided to dissect out the tumor, lifting it off of the underlying hepatic veins.

If inflammation induced by pollution particles is an underlying cause of deep vein thrombosis, Brook adds, the health impact of pollution could be even higher.

(The saphenous vein runs from the inner groin to the ankle and is the underlying cause of varicose veins; when it malfunctions, it causes blood to run down instead of up toward the heart, which results in pooling in the blood vessel).

As a widely accepted prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis, the underlying mechanism of compression stocking still remains unclear.

Observed are the overlying dura matter, the underlying cerebrospinal fluid, the dorsal vein and the spinal cord.

Basically all mesothelium and underlying mesenchyme covering the large veins that flank the pericardial cavity were Tbx18-positive in Wif1-treated embryos.

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the commonest cardiac arrhythmia, has been strongly linked with arrhythmogenic sources near the pulmonary veins (PVs), but underlying mechanisms are not fully understood.

A small piece of aluminum foil was placed on the dorsal side of the renal vein to prevent the underlying tissues from contributing to the phosphorescence signal in the venous PO2 measurements.