vascularize
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editvascularize (third-person singular simple present vascularizes, present participle vascularizing, simple past and past participle vascularized)
- To supply with vessels (that conduct fluid).
- 2016 April 25, R. Shane Tubbs, Mohammadali M. Shoja, Marios Loukas, Bergman's Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 557:
- [This] vascularizes the right aspect of the superior septum. S2 vascularizes most of the septum, the medial papillary muscle group of the tricuspid valve (TM), and proceeds toward the base of the anterior papillary muscle […]
- 2017 October 24, Neuropathology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 80:
- Short meningeal braches vascularize the cerebral cortex, whereas long meningeal branches vascularize the white matter. […] Cerebellar arteries supply blood to the cerebellum; the medial and paramedial perforant arteries of the vertebrobasilar system vascularize medial and paramedial territories of the brainstem.
- 2022 November 30, Peter Mattei, Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 506:
- Further research work still needs to be done to vascularize and innervate the graft to optimize long-term functional outcomes. Long-gap EA is a major challenge in pediatric surgery. The goal of retaining the native esophagus remains paramount for optimizing long-term outcomes and, in […]
- To acquire vessels (that conduct fluid).
- 2012 March 28, Steven M. Fiser, The ABSITE Review, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN:
- Allografts vascularize and are eventually rejected at which time they must be replaced. Xenografts (porcine) - not as good as homografts; last 2 weeks; these do not vascularize. Dermal substitutes - not as good as homografts or xenografts […]
- 2016 October 13, Nuno M. Neves, Rui L. Reis, Biomaterials from Nature for Advanced Devices and Therapies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
- Despite concerted efforts, the skin substitutes available today all fail to vascularize and also there are no epidermal/dermal skin substitutes available that can close wounds permanently.