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capillary vessel

DEFINITIONS OF: capillary vessel

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n any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules

Synonyms:
capillary
Types:
glomerulus
a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation
tomentum, tomentum cerebri
a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex
Type of:
blood vessel
a vessel in which blood circulates
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