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Keywords: capillary, smallest, branch, vessels, proximal

Minute arterial branches, especially just proximal to capillaries.

The smallest divisions of the arteries located between the muscular arteries and the capillaries.

small branches of arteries.

Keywords: reperfusion, hemodynamics

Hemodynamics Reperfusion

Keywords: hypertrophy, pulse

Hypertrophy Pulse

Keywords: reflex, humoral

Humoral Reflex

Keywords: diameter, muscular, circulation, thick, coat

Small (c. 100 µm) vessels with thick muscular coat; a major site of control of resistance in the circulation as diameter can be readily varied.

Arteries less than 0.5 mm in diameter.

Keywords: progressive

Progressive

Keywords: inflammation

inflammation of the arteries.

Keywords: larger, smaller, lowering, pressure, increasing

Small arteries that can become larger and smaller, lowering and increasing the blood pressure.