capillary
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001982
Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/137 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0073040584&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: blood capillary, capillary vessel
Term info
- BTO:0002045
- UMLS:C0935624 (ncithesaurus:Capillary)
- NCIT:C12685
- Wikipedia:Capillary
- ZFA:0005250
- AAO:0010252
- MESH:A07.231.432.410
- XAO:0000116
- TAO:0005250
- VHOG:0001253
- FMA:63194
- MA:0000065
- NLXANAT:090902
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvWEU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- CALOHA:TS-2006
- EV:0100035
- MESH:D002196
- EMAPA:35198
- EFO:0001906
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Any of the tiny blood vessels connecting the arterioles to the venules.[AAO]
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
uberon
UBERON:0001982
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Capillary
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/2186
Term relations
- blood vessel and connects some venule and connects some arteriole
- blood microvessel and connects some venule and connects some arteriole