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"Artery" in a Sentence (14 examples)
The bullet cut through an artery.
I've got a bum ticker: coronary artery disease.
I've got a bad heart: coronary artery disease.
I was struck on the shoulder by a bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.
The patient injured his upper cervical posterior spinal artery by sneezing.
Another event that caused a series of cascading delays was the accidental grounding of the container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal, which blocked shipping through the key artery for six days in March.
The method requires a rescuer or bystander to place his or her fist on the femoral artery, between the hip of the wounded leg and the genitals, and apply pressure using their full body weight to stop blood flow to the leg wound.
Taylor says research has shown that compressing the femoral artery is more effective than applying pressure to a leg wound or using a makeshift tourniquet.
The Nile is the vital artery of Egypt.
Blood pressure is the force pushing against your artery walls as the blood moves through the vessels.
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As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
But the importance of the railways as main arteries of the national economy remains undimmed, just as their fascination for the railway enthusiast is surely undiminished.
Premier Chiang Ching-kuo said October 12 that the North-South Freeway, a 373-kilometer (235-mile) artery along west Taiwan, will have to be completed on schedule by 1978.
The 98-mile Edinburgh-Carlisle 'Waverley Route' provided over a century of service as an Anglo-Scottish artery, prior to its closure by British Rail, and its loss provoked anger in the Scottish Borders.
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