Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. [ ISBN:0073040584 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/137 Wikipedia:Capillary ]
术语信息
- MESH:A07.231.432.410
- UMLS:C0935624 (ncithesaurus:Capillary)
- AAO:0010252
- ZFA:0005250
- XAO:0000116
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvWEU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- MA:0000065
- NLXANAT:090902
- EMAPA:35198
- FMA:63194
- Wikipedia:Capillary
- NCIT:C12685
- BTO:0002045
- TAO:0005250
- EV:0100035
- CALOHA:TS-2006
- VHOG:0001253
- EFO:0001906
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
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