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Six example sentences with arteriole, each labelled with its topic.
The drug relaxes each arteriole, widening the narrow channels so blood pressure drops within twenty minutes of the first dose.
Medicine
Cold plunges clamp every arteriole in the fingers, which is why hands go white before the shivering starts.
Fitness
Under the microscope a single arteriole branched again and again until the vessels were barely wider than one red cell.
Science
Embarrassment opens every arteriole in the cheeks at once, so a blush arrives before the person can hide it.
Psychology
The new retinal camera resolves a single arteriole, letting a clinic photograph vessels that once needed a microscope.
Technology
Trekkers' heads pound at high altitude because each arteriole in the brain widens to pull more oxygen from thin air.
Travel
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