| Preferred Name |
capillary |
| Synonyms |
blood capillary capillary vessel |
| Definitions |
Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001982 |
| connects | |
| database_cross_reference |
AAO:0010252 CALOHA:TS-2006 MA:0000065 EMAPA:35198 Wikipedia:Capillary VHOG:0001253 EV:0100035 UMLS:C0935624 NCIT:C12685 NLXANAT:090902 EFO:0001906 TAO:0005250 ZFA:0005250 FMA:63194 MESH:D002196 XAO:0000116 BTO:0002045 |
| definition |
Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. |
| depicted_by | |
| editor note |
not all sources agree capillary is a blood vessel - consider adopting EMAPA superclass of vascular element |
| has_exact_synonym |
blood capillary capillary vessel |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0001982 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#pheno_slim |
| label |
capillary |
| notation |
UBERON:0001982 |
| prefLabel |
capillary |
| RO_0002175 | |
| seeAlso | |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
Any of the tiny blood vessels connecting the arterioles to the venules.[AAO] |
| UBPROP_0000003 |
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] |
| UBPROP_0000010 |
capillaries lack tunica media and tunica adventitia; only the endothelial wall of the tunica intima belongs |
| subClassOf |