One of the minute vessels that collect deoxygenated blood from the capillary plexuses returns it to the veins. [ MESH:A07.231.432.952 MP:0004125 ]
Term information
- UMLS:C0042520 (ncithesaurus:Venule)
- SCTID:341687009
- MESH:D014699
- ZFA:0005315
- TAO:0005315
- VHOG:0001765
- BTO:0002626
- FMA:63130
- Wikipedia:Venule
- MA:0000071
- NCIT:C12818
- EMAPA:35917
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Multi-tissue structure part of the blood vasculature formed by the anastomosis of capillaries. Venules carry blood toward the heart.[TAO]