Engines that do not have a water cooling system can not use a heater core; one alternative is to guide air around the (very hot) engine exhaust manifold and then into the vehicle's interior. Temperature control is achieved by mixing with unheated outside air.
OBJECTIVE: The thickness of the prevertebral soft tissue (PVST) is instrumental in helping detect cervical spine injuries in the pediatric population.ormal pediatric prevertebral soft-tissue thickness on MDCT. Vermess D(1), Rojas CA, Shaheen F, Roy P, Martinez CR. Author information: (1)Department of Radiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Box 17, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
A precapillary sphincter is a band of smooth muscle that adjusts blood flow into capillaries mainly in the mesenteric microcirculation. At the point where each of the capillaries originates from an arteriole, a smooth muscle fiber encircles the capillary. This is called the precapillary sphincter.The sphincter can open and close the entrance to the capillary, by which contraction causes blood flow in a capillary to change as vasomotion occurs.he entire capillary bed may be bypassed by blood flow through arteriovenous anastomoses or through preferential flow through metarterioles. If the sphincter is damaged or cannot contract, blood can flow into the capillary bed at high pressures.