loading...| Preferred Name | capillary | |
| Synonyms |
capillary vessel blood capillary |
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| Definitions |
Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001982 |
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| connects | ||
| database_cross_reference |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12685 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/nlx_anat_090902 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0935624 XAO:0000116 EMAPA:35198 CALOHA:TS-2006 VHOG:0001253 TAO:0005250 EFO:0001906 FMA:63194 EV:0100035 MESH:A07.231.432.410 AAO:0010252 ZFA:0005250 UMLS:C0935624 MA:0000065 BTO:0002045 OpenCyc:Mx4rvWEU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA |
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| definition |
Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. |
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| depicted_by | ||
| editor note |
not all sources agree capillary is a blood vessel - consider adopting EMAPA superclass of vascular element |
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| external_definition |
Any of the tiny blood vessels connecting the arterioles to the venules.[AAO] |
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| has_exact_synonym |
capillary vessel blood capillary |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| homology_notes |
The appearance of Chordata and subsequently the vertebrates is accompanied by a rapid structural diversification of this primitive linear heart: looping, unidirectional circulation, an enclosed vasculature, and the conduction system.[well established][VHOG] |
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| id |
UBERON:0001982 |
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| imported from | ||
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#vertebrate_core |
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| label |
capillary |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001982 |
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| prefLabel |
capillary |
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| structure_notes |
capillaries lack tunica media and tunica adventitia; only the endothelial wall of the tunica intima belongs |
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