Synonyms

arterial_blood_vessel arteria

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However , this artery is known to be a nutrient vessel with a distribution primarily to the proximal airways and supportive tissues of the lung .

The intimal surface of the aorta was covered with confluent , yellow-brown , hard , friable plaques along its entire course , and there was a marked narrowing of the orifices of the large major visceral arteries .

Macrophages laden with brown pigment were seen in some of the alveoli , and the intima of some of the small arteries was thickened by fibrous_tissue .

In all_of the sections examined , the arterioles and small arteries were essentially normal .

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