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. 2021 May 14;321(1):H77–H111. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01021.2020

Figure 6.

Figure 6.

Isolation of small mesenteric arteries for vascular studies. Isolated rat mesenteric bed that is pinned out in a petri dish containing colored silicon elastometer and filled with physiological salt solution (A and B). C is magnified to illustrate the 5th order artery selected for cannulation after removal of the adipose, veins, lymph vessels, and connective tissue. Figure provided by Perenkita Mendiola at the Dept. of Cell Biology and Physiology, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.