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These improvements likely occurred in part because these subjects had substantially increased brachial artery diameter, a measure of arterial distensibility.

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In general, where white fibrous tissue abounds, structures are held together, and there is flexibility, but little or no distensibility.

A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

The balance of intra-ocular pressure is not maintained by the slight distensibility of the sclero-corneal coat.

Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 Various

Dr. Jackson virtually puts aside the volumetric theory with his statement, that "the balance of intra-ocular pressure is not maintained by the slight distensibility of the sclero-corneal coat."

Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 Various

This difference of the termination of erysipelatous and phlegmonic inflammation seems to be owing in part to the less distensibility of the cuticle than of the cellular membrane, and in part to the ready exhalation of the thinner parts of the secreted fluids through its pores.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

"Moreover, the components of the imaging tool enable precise measurement of the distensibility and functional diameter of the sphincter region, thereby serving as an indispensable tool for gastroenterologists."

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Improved arterial distensibility in normotensive subjects on a low salt diet

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This condition is probably heavily implicated in osteoporosis and, according to my evidence, is a principal cause of increased distensibility of the sclera (the white outer coat of the eyes), allowing more rapid development of nearsightedness (myopia) and other refractive changes. "

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(fullest as concerning the Phalanger and Cape Anteater [Orycteropus] ([I was privileged to assist in the dissection of the latter animal, and well do I remember how, when by means of a blow-pipe he had inflated the bladder, intent on determining its limit of distensibility, the organ burst, with unpleasant results, which called forth the remark] "I think we'll leave it at that!")), which were never finished up.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

These he carefully dissected, and he leaves among his papers a series of incomplete notes (fullest as concerning the Phalanger and Cape Anteater [Orycteropus] ([I was privileged to assist in the dissection of the latter animal, and well do I remember how, when by means of a blow-pipe he had inflated the bladder, intent on determining its limit of distensibility, the organ burst, with unpleasant results, which called forth the remark] "I think we'll leave it at that!")), which were never finished up.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896