capillaries
1Capillaries — are the smallest of blood vessels. They serve to distribute oxygenated blood from arteries to the tissues of the body and to feed deoxygenated blood from the tissues back into the veins. The capillaries are thus a central component in the… …
2capillaries — cap·il·lar·y || kÉ™ pɪlÉ™rɪ n. very small blood vessel adj. of or pertaining to a very small blood vessel …
3erythrocytic capillaries — capillaries of the bone marrow of early life which seem to produce erythrocytes …
4Meigs capillaries — capillaries in the myocardium …
5Peritubular capillaries — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = BranchFrom = Efferent arteriole BranchTo = Interlobular vein Vein = Supplies = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c 06 DorlandsSuf = 13477736 In the renal… …
6continuous capillaries — one of the two major types of capillaries, found in muscle, skin, lung, central nervous system, and other tissues, and characterized by an uninterrupted endothelium, a continuous basal lamina, fine filaments, and numerous pinocytotic vesicles. Cf …
7fenestrated capillaries — one of the two major types of capillaries, found in the intestinal mucosa, renal glomeruli, pancreas, endocrine glands, and other tissues, and characterized by circular fenestrae or pores that penetrate the endothelium and may be closed by a very …
8bile capillaries — 1. bile canaliculi. 2. a term sometimes used to designate the cholangioles …
9sheathed capillaries — see under artery …
10Meigs capillaries — (megz) [Arthur V. Meigs, American physician, 1850–1912] see under capillary …
