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Arteriole(s)

Arteriole(s) [arteriola, - ае – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian), BNA (The anatomic nomenclature Basel), JNA (The anatomic nomenclature Yenskaya); late lat. will reduce, from arteria – Greek aer – + Greek tereo – to contain air] – a blood vessel with which branching of arteries comes to an end.

  • Arteriole precapillary [arteriola precapillaris – LNH (The Leningrad histologic nomenclature); synonyms: a precapillary, a metarteriole] – the final department of branching of an arteriole passing into capillaries.
 
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