capillary

capillary

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001982

Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/137 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]

Synonyms: blood capillary capillary vessel

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database cross reference

FMA:63194
TAO:0005250
MA:0000065
XAO:0000116
UMLS:C0935624 (ncithesaurus:Capillary)
NLXANAT:090902
NCIT:C12685
BTO:0002045
MESH:D002196
CALOHA:TS-2006
AAO:0010252
EFO:0001906
ZFA:0005250
VHOG:0001253
EMAPA:35198
Wikipedia:Capillary
EV:0100035

Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/A_red_blood_cell_in_a_capillary,_pancreatic_tissue_-_TEM.jpg

editor note

not all sources agree capillary is a blood vessel - consider adopting EMAPA superclass of vascular element

external definition

Any of the tiny blood vessels connecting the arterioles to the venules.[AAO]

has obo namespace

uberon

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]

UBERON:0001982

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/2186

structure notes

capillaries lack tunica media and tunica adventitia; only the endothelial wall of the tunica intima belongs