artery vs vein
Definitions
noun
- a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
- a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
Examples
She suffered a cardiac arrest caused by a blocked heart artery.
Sudden ruptures of the artery can lead to fatal blood loss or severe brain damage.
The researchers attached this 'contrast agent' to a molecule that binds to the protein elastin, which is found in artery walls.
Definitions
verb
- make a veinlike pattern
noun
- one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
- a distinctive style or manner
- any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
- a layer of ore between layers of rock
- a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Examples
My body absorbed that ability as well; my veins are internally hardened against acids.
I could perceive no trace of a metallic vein, so thoroughly had it been worked out, but scattered over the hillside with schist, talcose slate, and fragments of quartz, was a great deal of scoriae, showing that metal of some kind had been excavated, and that the smelting had been done on the spot.
VARIOUS LEATHER PICTURE, It's a high classic decoration , made by hand, use nature color and veins of leather to make design, it shows obvious stereoscopy like relief sculpture but softly .
