Blood vessel

Introduction: Blood vessel

Description of Blood vessel

Blood vessel: A tube through which the blood circulates in the body. Blood vessels include a network of arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins.
Source: National Institute of Health

Blood vessel: a vessel in which blood circulates.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Blood vessel: any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins).
Source: CRISP

Blood vessel: Any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins).
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

Blood vessel: Any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins).
Source: MeSH 2007

Blood vessel: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Blood vessel:

• Blood (1783 causes)
• Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
• Blood disease
• Blood disorder
• Vessel
• Vessel syndrome
• Arteries
• Arterioles
• Capillaries

Blood vessel as an Organ

Blood vessel (organ): Another name for Blood vessels.

Blood vessel (organ): The blood vessels are a network of tubes that carry...more »

More information on organs: Blood vessels:

• Blood vessels

Terms associated with Blood vessel:

Related Topics

• Angiography
• Vascular Resistance
• Vascular Surgical Procedures
• Vasomotor System

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Blood vessel:

• Arteries
• Endothelium, Vascular
• Microcirculation
• Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
• Retinal Vessels
• Vasa Nervorum
• Vasa Vasorum
• Veins
• Tunica Intima

Source - MeSH 2007

• arteriole
• artery
• capillary
• peripheral blood vessel
• physiologic anastomosis
• vascular endothelium
• vascular smooth muscle
• vein

Source - CRISP

• artery
• arteria
• arterial blood vessel
• ductus arteriosus
• vasa vasorum
• vein
• vena
• venous blood vessel
• capillary
• capillary vessel

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Blood vessel

• cardiovascular system

Source - CRISP

• vessel
• vas

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Blood vessel can be used for:

• vasa vasorum

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Blood vessel:

• angiogenesis

Source: CRISP

The description of Blood vessel may also be used for the following terms:

• vascular

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Blood vessel

The following list attempts to classify Blood vessel into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• vas,vessel
• tube,tube-shaped structure
• anatomical structure,bodily structure,body structure,complex body part,structure
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Cardiovascular System
  • Blood Vessels

MESH - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• cardiovascular system
• Anatomy

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