| Her throat constricts, and she swallows painfully, trying to keep her voice steady. |
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| Contraction of the circumferential muscle bundles constricts the infundibulum to a conical shape. |
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| It speeds the heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and can raise blood pressure to dangerous levels. |
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| The band constricts the stomach, thus producing a small pouch with a narrow opening into the lower stomach. |
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| This enlargement constricts the urethra so the flow of urine is reduced, making it increasingly difficult to empty the bladder. |
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| While Alice loves her children, the institution of slavery constricts and circumscribes her love for them. |
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| His throat constricts, and he clears it quietly while standing up from his chair. |
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| The thin sheet of circular muscle of the iris which constricts the pupil of the eye is also known as a sphincter. |
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| A deafferented pupil constricts consensually, but not to direct light, paradoxically enlarging when the light is quickly brought from the unaffected side. |
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| The addition of a vasoconstrictor, such as epinephrine, constricts blood vessels and reduces vascular uptake, which further prolongs the duration of the anesthetic. |
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| Angiotensin II is a natural vasoconstrictor, which means that it narrows and constricts blood vessels, increasing blood pressure. |
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| As the Adonai Light constricts, follow its progress just as you did with its expansion. |
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| The rest of the prosencephalon constricts further into two portions, an anterior one, or telencephalon, and a posterior one, or diencephalon. |
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| Cold water constricts the pores and minimizes the entrance of dust and dirt into the oil glands. |
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| Because high blood pressure constricts the blood vessels in the uterus that supply the baby with oxygen and nutrients, the baby's growth may be slowed. |
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| As a result, caffeine dilates your pupils, speeds your heart rate, constricts your blood vessels, raises your blood pressure, and tightens your muscles. |
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| When we are connected with the universal soul we don't suffer from the constricts of concepts. |
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| Rather than magnifying the opportunity for enforcement, I think her argument, based on the precedents she cited, is that it rather constricts it. |
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| When a blood vessel is injured, it automatically constricts to reduce the blood flow to the damaged area. |
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| The eastern end of the lake constricts into a long channel, the Pine Channel, that joins Fond Du Lac and Stony Rapids. |
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| However, Trekke should not be worn at a tension that constricts breathing or is uncomfortable. |
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| Smoking constricts your blood vessels, making it much harder for wounds to heal. |
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| This debilitating condition, called pulmonary hypertension, constricts lung arteries. |
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| This outpatient procedure looks to reduce asthma symptoms by targeting the muscle that constricts during an asthma attack. |
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| These serve as eggshell breakers, projecting through a gap in the dorsal intestinal wall, where they can rip into a swallowed egg when the snake constricts the muscles of the body. |
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| Universalists retort that such neo-Whorfians are finding trivial surface features of language: the claim that language truly constricts thinking is still not proven. With all that in mind, which is the hardest language? |
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| The last thing they need is an evaluation that shuts down a promising initiative before it has a chance to prove itself, or that constricts the emergence of a radically new approach. |
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| He has seemed to be keeping his options open. In an interview in today's Financial Times, however, Mr Clegg greatly constricts his room for manoeuvre. |
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| Even as the global crisis further constricts children's access to food, health care and other basic rights, UNICEF will sustain its efforts to put children's interests at the centre of aid and budgetary commitments. |
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| The sphincter muscle of the iris is a circular muscle that constricts the pupil in bright light, whereas the dilator muscle of the iris expands the opening when it contracts. |
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| The white region extends from the tip of the lower jaw towards the flippers, where it constricts medially and then widens slightly as it ends caudal of the urogenital region. |
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| Using a novel compression apparatus that constricts like an iris diaphragm, low density collagen gels were compressed to yield a permanently densified, highly aligned collagen material. |
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| This deplorable situation constricts not only aid delivery around the country but also the efforts of the Government to deliver basic services to the people. |
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| As the increased pressure constricts the blood vessels which nourish the sensitive nerve structures at the back of the eye, the damage to sight becomes more pronounced. |
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| Oxymetazoline, the active ingredient, temporarily constricts the blood flow to your nose. |
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| That mollifies countries like India that often complain that the West lectures them about cutting emissions, even if it constricts their development and deprives them of a better lifestyle. |
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| With its prey still in its toothy grasp, the snake constricts, or coils around its meal. |
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