Capillary

Introduction: Capillary

Description of Capillary

Capillary: The smallest type of blood vessel. A capillary connects an arteriole (small artery) to a venule (small vein) to form a network of blood vessels in almost all parts of the body. The wall of a capillary is thin and leaky, and capillaries are involved in the exchange of fluids and gases between tissues and the blood.
Source: National Institute of Health

Capillary: any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Capillary: the minute vessels that connect the arterioles and venules.
Source: CRISP

Capillary: The minute vessels that connect the arterioles and venules.
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

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Terms Similar to Capillary:

• capillary vessel

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Capillary:

• capillary bed
• high endothelial venule

Source - CRISP

• glomerulus
• tomentum
• tomentum cerebri

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Capillary

• blood vessel

Source - CRISP

• blood vessel

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Capillary can be used for:

• venule

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Capillary

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

WordNet 2.1

• blood vessel
• 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 - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• microcirculation
• blood vessel
• cardiovascular system
• Anatomy

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