connects
connects
venule
arteriole
blood vessel
capillary
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NLXANAT:090902
capillary vessel
Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules.
capillaries lack tunica media and tunica adventitia; only the endothelial wall of the tunica intima belongs
MA:0000065
ZFA:0005250
TAO:0005250
Wikipedia:Capillary
CALOHA:TS-2006
EFO:0001906
VHOG:0001253
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]
OpenCyc:Mx4rvWEU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
UBERON:0001982
FMA:63194
MESH:A07.231.432.410
AAO:0010252
EV:0100035
blood capillary
NCIT:C12685
BTO:0002045
UMLS:C0935624
not all sources agree capillary is a blood vessel - consider adopting EMAPA superclass of vascular element
XAO:0000116
uberon
EMAPA:35198
Any of the tiny blood vessels connecting the arterioles to the venules.[AAO]
microcirculatory vessel