Collateral Blood Vessels (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Collateral Blood Vessels

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This is a photo of inner thigh circulation of a newborn mouse, showing several collaterals interconnecting the main artery supplying the leg with arteries located in the thigh.

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Jennifer Lucitti, Faber lab, UNC.

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