Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/137 ]
Synonyms: blood capillary capillary vessel
Term information
- XAO:0000116
- NLXANAT:090902
- TAO:0005250
- EFO:0001906
- AAO:0010252
- ZFA:0005250
- FMA:63194
- BTO:0002045
- MESH:D002196
- VHOG:0001253
- UMLS:C0935624 (ncithesaurus:Capillary)
- NCIT:C12685
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvWEU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- Wikipedia:Capillary
- EV:0100035
- EMAPA:35198
- CALOHA:TS-2006
- MA:0000065
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
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]
capillaries lack tunica media and tunica adventitia; only the endothelial wall of the tunica intima belongs
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/A_red_blood_cell_in_a_capillary,_pancreatic_tissue_-_TEM.jpg
not all sources agree capillary is a blood vessel - consider adopting EMAPA superclass of vascular element