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postsinusoidal en · ADJ

Etymology

From post- + sinusoidal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Downstream of a sinusoid.
    • For estimation of volumetric blood flow, red blood cell (RBC) velocity and the respective vessel diameters were measured within 7–10 individual sinusoids and 5 postsinusoidal venules per animal [7 ]. 2015 November 3, “Portal Hyperperfusion after Extended Hepatectomy Does Not Induce a Hepatic Arterial Buffer Response (HABR) but Impairs Mitochondrial Redox State and Hepatocellular Oxygenation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
    • Using this catheter, the pressure gradient from the intrahepatic site (lobar venous pressure) to the post-hepatic venous site reflects the vascular tone at the postsinusoidal hepatic venous 'sphincters'. 1996, Takashi Shimazu, Liver Innervation and the Neural Control of Hepatic Function, page 242: