A vessel that contains or conveys lymph, that originates as an interfibrillar or intercellular cleft or space in a tissue or organ, and that if small has no distinct walls or walls composed only of endothelial cells and if large resembles a vein in structure[BTO]. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000752 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphatic_vessel ]
Synonyms: lymph vessel
Term information
- NCIT:C33038
- MA:0000138
- VHOG:0001249
- BTO:0000752
- EFO:0000873
- SCTID:279089004
- MAT:0000443
- EMAPA:35532
- AAO:0011005
- FMA:30315
- Wikipedia:Lymphatic_vessel
- CALOHA:TS-2102
- XAO:0000375
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- vessel
- has part some lymph
- contributes to morphology of some immune system
- part of some lymph vasculature