fenestrated capillary
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_2005260
Capillary that has pores in the endothelial cells (60-80 nm in diameter) that are spanned by a diaphragm of radially oriented fibrils and allow small molecules and limited amounts of protein to diffuse. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenestra_(histology) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary#Types ]
Synonyms: fenestrated capillary vessel
Term info
- NCIT:C32595
- Wikipedia:Capillary#Types
- ZFA:0005260
- UMLS:C1179615 (ncithesaurus:Fenestrated_Capillary)
- FMA:63196
- TAO:0005260
Blood vessel endothelium that has pores that allow passage small molecules and proteins[ZFA].
the ZFA class from which this was derived is not explicitly classified as a capillary - need to verify for taxon histology differences
fenestrated blood vessel endothelium
uberon
UBERON:2005260
Fenestrated capillary