arteries

Nephron

... 6 See also Bowman's capsule The renal arteries branch quickly into very small capillaries that make up the glomerulus of the nephron. The blood pressure within the capillaries squeezes liquid into the Bowman's capsule . This process is known as ultra-filtration. The solids, including the ...

Magnetic resonance imaging

...rupture). The main uses of MRA is to evaluate the arteries of the neck and brain, the thoracic and abdominal aorta, and the kidneys. A variety of techniques can be used to generate the pictures, such as administration of a paramagnetic contrast agent (such as gadolinium) or using a technique known as "flow-...

Marcello Malpighi

...to see capillaries and discovered the link between arteries and veins that had eluded William Harvey . Malpighi is regarded as the founder of microscopic anatomy and the first histologist . Many microscopic anatomical structures are named after him, including a skin layer (Malpighi layer ) and two differen...

Kidney

...alpighian pyramids . renal artery : Two renal arteries come from the aorta , each connecting to a kidney...each of which leads to a ball of capillaries. The arteries supply (unfiltered) blood to the kidneys. The left kidney receives about 60% of the renal bloodflow...

Insulin

...onfined to an effect on the muscular layer of the arteries . Actions on cellular and metabolic level The actions of insulin on the global human metabolism level include: cellular intake of certain substances, most prominently glucose increase of DNA replication and protein synthesis modifica...

Blood

...on. From a physiological perspective, veins and arteries appear similar when skin is removed and are seen ...and then is circulated throughout the body by the arteries . It diffuses its oxygen by passing through tiny blood vessels called capillaries . It then returns...

Biomechanics

...s tissues within the body, such as skin, bone, and arteries each possess unique material properties. The passive mechanical response of a particular tissue can be attributed to the various proteins , such as elastin and collagen , living cells, ground substances such as proteoglycans, and the orientations o...

Anatomy

...ructures of an organ or system (such as nerves , arteries , heart , and so forth), as it is found in humans; this is followed by an account of the development (embryology) and comparative anatomy (morphology), as far as vertebrate animals are concerned; but only those parts of the lower animals which are...