Arterioles The smallest divisions of the arteries located between the muscular arteries and the capillaries.
Synonyms : Arteriole
Arteriolosclerosis Thickening of the walls of small ARTERIES or ARTERIOLES due to cell proliferation or HYALINE deposition.
Synonyms : Arterioloscleroses
Arteriosclerosis Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and arteries involved, such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular arteries.
Synonyms : Arterioscleroses
Arteriosclerosis Obliterans Arteriosclerosis in which proliferation of the intima leads to occlusion of the lumen of the arteries.