The smallest division of the artery located between the muscular arteries and the capillaries[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0014830 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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cross reference
- EMAPA:35146
- AAO:0010253
- NCIT:C12672
- ZFA:0005255
- Wikipedia:Arteriole
- FMA:63182
- UMLS:C0003847 (ncithesaurus:Arteriole)
- BTO:0001997
- MA:0000063
- MESH:D001160
- TAO:0002138
- SCTID:337724002
- VHOG:0001763
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
UBPROP 0000001
Small, terminal branch of an artery which generally connects to capillaries.[AAO]
Multi-tissue structure part of the blood vasculature, feeds into capillaries. Arterioles carry blood away from the heart.[TAO]
Term relations
Subclass of:
- blood microvessel
- blood vessel
- arterial blood vessel
- contributes to morphology of some artery
- connects some artery
- connects some capillary