[permalink] [id link]
These microvessels, measuring 5-10 μm in diameter, connect arterioles and venules, and enable the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste chemical substances between blood and surrounding tissues.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
These and measuring
These findings rely on inhibition assays and the study of the kinetics of cleavage of the aforementioned substrate, exploiting the fact that the enzyme-substrate intermediate p-nitrophenolate has a yellow colour, enabling us to measure its concentration by measuring light absorbance at 410 nm.
These were densified into networks of traverses ( polygons ), into which local mapping surveying measurements, usually with measuring tape, corner prism and the familiar red and white poles, are tied.
These artifacts are certified as having specific characteristics or component content, used as calibration standards for measuring equipment and procedures, quality control benchmarks for industrial processes, and experimental control samples.
These thermistors are usually much larger than measuring type thermistors, and are purposely designed for this application.
These included major controversy over the United States ' proposal to allow credit for carbon " sinks " in forests and agricultural lands, satisfying a major proportion of the U. S. emissions reductions in this way ; disagreements over consequences for non-compliance by countries that did not meet their emission reduction targets ; and difficulties in resolving how developing countries could obtain financial assistance to deal with adverse effects of climate change and meet their obligations to plan for measuring and possibly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
These were the last and greatest of all of these four commissions, and are on a monumental scale, measuring some 18 ft by 12 ft.
These instruments work by sending a short pulsed signal into the cable and measuring how long the reflection takes to return.
These dioxin like compounds are also included in the toxic equivalent scheme when measuring dioxin levels.
These were densified into networks of traverses ( polygons ), into which local mapping surveying measurements, usually with measuring tape, corner prism and the familiar red and white poles, are tied.
These colors are counterpointed throughout the package, which comes in a green slipcase measuring 235 × 325 × 70 mm.
These were in 1979 ( measuring 4. 7 ML centred near Longtown ) and 2006 ( centred in the Dumfries locality measuring 3. 6 ML )..
These satellites were to be used to measure electron density over time, and include a magnetometer, as well as a means for measuring ambient radio noise.
These cameras, which came into general use during 1944 and 1945, posed problems relating to developing the film and measuring the results for each student, but in conjunction with greater standardization of training and other improvements, they greatly reduced the shortcomings in flexible gunnery training.
These include measuring the luminosity of planetary nebulae, comparison with nearby galaxies whose distance has been estimated using standard candles such as cepheid variables, the linear size distribution of globular clusters, and the tip of the red giant branch method using individually resolved red giant stars.
These models are then typically calibrated by measuring actual traffic flows on the links in the network, and the baseline flows are adjusted accordingly.
These sensors share the principles of a Rogowski coil, measuring the rate of change of current using a transformer with no magnetic core.
These include blood tests measuring TSH to exclude hypo-or hyperthyroidism, basic electrolytes and serum calcium to rule out a metabolic disturbance, full blood count including ESR to rule out a systemic infection or chronic disease, and serology to exclude syphilis or HIV infection ; two commonly ordered investigations are EEG to exclude epilepsy, and a CT scan of the head to exclude brain lesions.
These determine the color composition by measuring its tricolor characteristics or matching of a color sample.
These oscillations are detectable on almost any time series of solar images, but are best observed by measuring the Doppler shift of photospheric absorption lines.
These globes, measuring 384cm in diameter and weighing approximately 2 tons, are displayed in the Bibliothèque nationale François Mitterrand in Paris.
These and 5-10
These include the HACEK organisms, which are part of the normal oropharyngeal flora and are responsible for perhaps 5-10 % of infective endocarditis affecting native valves.
These spots also appear on 5-10 % of babies of full Caucasian descent, Coria del Río in Spain has a high incident due to historic Japanese settlers.
These artificial sky glows cause the sky to be 5-10 times brighter in urban areas than a natural dark sky that is unaffected by artificial light.
These and μm
These much wider disks were found to be circular and free of clumps, with dust particles ranging from 1 – 50 μm in size.
These cells have an average volume of about 90 fL with a surface of about 136 μm < sup > 2 </ sup >, and can swell up to a sphere shape containing 150 fL, without membrane distension.
These minerals tend to form in sheet or plate like structures, with length typically ranging between 0. 1 and 4 μm and thickness typically ranging between 1 nm and 2 μm, and they have a relatively large specific surface area.
These lasers can operate in both continuous and pulsed mode, and the wavelength of the laser beam is 10. 6 μm.
These and diameter
These losses depend on fiber diameter and length, absorption coefficient, the mean value of the loss per internal reflection and last, but not least, on the angular distribution of the incident light.
These range in diameter from a few tens of meters up to about 300 km, and they range in age from recent times ( e. g. the Sikhote-Alin craters in Russia whose creation were witnessed in 1947 ) to more than two billion years, though most are less than 500 million years old because geological processes tend to obliterate older craters.
These thin pieces were then pulled through a draw plate repeatedly until the desired diameter was achieved.
These liquids are held in either special containers known as Dewar flasks, which are generally about six feet tall ( 1. 8 m ) and three feet ( 91. 5 cm ) in diameter, or giant tanks in larger commercial operations.
These pores are about 120 nm in diameter and regulate the passage of molecules between the nucleus and cytoplasm, permitting some to pass through the membrane, but not others.
These roots have some ability to absorb water and nutrients, but their main function is transport and to provide a structure to connect the smaller diameter, fine roots to the rest of the plant.
These types of blood vessels allow red and white blood cells ( 7. 5μm-25μm diameter ) and various serum proteins to pass using a process that is aided by a discontinuous basal lamina.
These were mostly of 60 inch ( 152. 4 cm ) diameter with rhodium plated parabolic mirror, reflecting a carbon arc discharge.
These tracheae branch repeatedly, eventually forming tracheoles, which are blind-ended, water-filled compartments only one micrometer in diameter.
These storms can produce destructive tornadoes, sometimes F3 or higher, extremely large hailstones ( diameter ), straight-line winds in excess of, and flash floods.
These forms normally have large 12 – 15 cm diameter upward-facing flowers and are believed to involve crosses of C. patens, C. lanuginosa and C. viticella.
These drums, which were small ( with a diameter of about 20 – 22 cm or 8 – 8½ in ) and mounted to the player's belt, were used primarily for military ceremonies.
These are usually bamboo tubes in diameter and long, filled with either: water and several hundred grams of calcium carbide, or heated kerosene, then ignited by match.
These filaments, averaging 10 nanometers in diameter, are more stable ( strongly bound ) than actin filaments, and heterogeneous constituents of the cytoskeleton.
0.930 seconds.