Arterioles anatomy

Montorsi F, Sarteschi M, Maga T et al (1998) Functional anatomy of cavernous helicine arterioles in potent subjects. J Urol 159 808-810... 

In discussing these results, Archibald and Moody pointed out that the fundamental assumption in the aminopyrine clearance is that all blood flowing through the mucosa is exposed to the steep pH gradient required to trap aminopyrine. All studies of the anatomy of mucosal blood vessels had shown that a central arteriole... 

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