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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from [[Latin]] com- + lateralis lateral | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from [[Latin]] com- + lateralis lateral |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a : accompanying as secondary or subordinate : concomitant <digress into collateral matters> | | *1a : accompanying as secondary or subordinate : concomitant <digress into collateral matters> |
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| :b : secured by collateral | | :b : secured by collateral |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | In [[medicine]], '''collateralization''', also vessel collateralization and blood vessel collateralization, is the [[growth]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_vessel blood vessel] or several blood vessels that serve the same end organ or vascular bed as another blood vessel that cannot adequately supply that end organ or vascular bed sufficiently. | + | In [[medicine]], '''collateralization''', also vessel collateralization and blood vessel collateralization, is the [[growth]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_vessel blood vessel] or several blood vessels that serve the same end organ or vascular bed as another blood vessel that cannot adequately supply that end organ or vascular bed sufficiently. |
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− | Coronary collateralization is considered a [[normal]] [[response]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxia_(medical) hypoxia] and may be induced, under some circumstances, by [[exercise]]. It is considered to be protective. | + | Coronary collateralization is considered a [[normal]] [[response]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxia_(medical) hypoxia] and may be induced, under some circumstances, by [[exercise]]. It is considered to be protective. |
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− | Collateral or anastomotic blood vessels also exist even when blood supply is adequate to an area, and these blood vessels are often taken advantage of in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgery surgery]. Some notable areas where this occurs include the abdomen, rectum, knee, shoulder, and head.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateralization] | + | Collateral or anastomotic blood vessels also exist even when blood supply is adequate to an area, and these blood vessels are often taken advantage of in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgery surgery]. Some notable areas where this occurs include the abdomen, rectum, knee, shoulder, and head.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateralization] |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |