A vessel of the microcirculature, lying between the arterioles and venules; includes capillaries (blood and lymphatic), metarterioles and arteriovenous anastomoses. [ ZFA:0005251 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 MESH:A07.231.432 ]

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Term information

database cross reference
  • TAO:0005251
  • ZFA:0005251
  • MESH:D055806
plural term
microcirculatory vessels [ TAO:0005251 ]

has related synonym

microcirculatory vessels

id

UBERON:0010523

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