Biomaterial Database

The occurrence of peripheral deposits of lipid in atheromatous plaques of arteries. 1951

S L WILENS

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008055	Lipids	A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm, which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)	Lipid
D002319	Cardiovascular System	The HEART and the BLOOD VESSELS by which BLOOD is pumped and circulated through the body.	Circulatory System,Cardiovascular Systems,Circulatory Systems
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001158	Arteries	The vessels carrying blood away from the heart.	Artery
D001161	Arteriosclerosis	Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and arteries involved, such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular arteries.	Arterioscleroses
D058226	Plaque, Atherosclerotic	Lesions formed within the walls of ARTERIES associated with deposits of fat and other substances that accumulate in the lining of the artery wall.	Atheromatous Plaque,Atheroma,Atheromatous Plaques,Atherosclerotic Plaque,Atherosclerotic Plaques,Fatty Streak, Arterial,Fibroatheroma,Fibroatheromatous Plaques,Arterial Fatty Streak,Arterial Fatty Streaks,Atheromas,Fibroatheromas,Fibroatheromatous Plaque,Plaque, Atheromatous,Plaque, Fibroatheromatous,Streak, Arterial Fatty