{"id":6728,"date":"2021-09-14T19:26:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/pathology\/vascular-pathology\/arteriosclerosis\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T19:28:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:28:07","slug":"arteriosclerosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/pathology\/vascular-pathology\/arteriosclerosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteriosclerosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Definition<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arteriosclerosis is an umbrella term that generally means the<strong> hardening of arteries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_2\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">General mechanism<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_2\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hardening of the vessels is brought by the thickening of the arterial walls and the loss of elasticity.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_3\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Types<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_3\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arteriosclerosis can be divided into four different types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>M\u00f6nckeberg medial sclerosis<\/strong><ul><li>Calcium deposits in the elastic lamina of arterioles<\/li><li>Does not affect the lumen of the vessel, therefore is of little significance<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Fibromuscular intimal hyperplasia<\/strong><ul><li>Occurs in muscular arteries larger than arterioles<\/li><li>Characterized by the infiltration of smooth muscle cells and production of ECM in the lamina intima<ul><li>Causes significant stenosis of the lumen<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Thought to be caused by inflammation and as a response to injury<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Atherosclerosis<\/strong><ul><li>Hardening of arteries brought by lesions known as atherosclerotic plaques,&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>atheromas<\/strong><\/li><li>Discussed in-depth in the atherosclerosis lesson<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Arteriolosclerosis<\/strong><ul><li>A general description for the hardening of small arteries<\/li><li>Two distinct variants:<ul><li>Hyaline<\/li><li>Hyperplastic<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Can cause ischemic injury<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Definition<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">General mechanism<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Types<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition Arteriosclerosis is an umbrella term that generally means the hardening of arteries. General mechanism The hardening of the vessels is brought by the thickening of the arterial walls and the loss of elasticity. Types Arteriosclerosis can be divided into four different types: M\u00f6nckeberg medial sclerosis Calcium deposits in the elastic lamina of arterioles Does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6724,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6728","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arteriosclerosis &#8211; Meddists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/pathology\/vascular-pathology\/arteriosclerosis\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/pathology\\\/vascular-pathology\\\/arteriosclerosis\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/pathology\\\/vascular-pathology\\\/arteriosclerosis\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arteriosclerosis &#8211; 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