Blood Capillary

Preferred Label : Blood Capillary;

NCIt related terms : capillary; capillary vessel;

NCIt definition : Tiny blood vessels that connect the arterioles with the venules.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: The smallest type of blood vessel. A capillary connects an arteriole (small artery) to a venule (small vein) to form a network of blood vessels in almost all parts of the body. The wall of a capillary is thin and leaky, and capillaries are involved in the exchange of fluids and gases between tissues and the blood.; UBERON: Any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000415542;

Details

Origin ID

C32212;

UMLS CUI

C0006901;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Vascular System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Blood capillary [LOINC System]
- Capillary [FMA entity]
- capillaries [MeSH Descriptor]
- capillary [UBERON concept]
- capillary blood [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Capillary blood (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- capillary blood [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of capillary blood vessel (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- capillaries [MeSH concept]
- capillaries [MeSH Descriptor]
- capillary, nos [SNOMED Notion]
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- UBERON Terminology [NCIt concept]
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- Benign Great Vessel Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Great Vessel Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Aortic Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Great Vessel Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Inferior Vena Cava Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Pulmonary Artery Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Pulmonary Vein Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Superior Vena Cava Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Pulmonary Artery Choriocarcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Superior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcoma [NCIt concept]
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- Angiomotin [NCIt concept]

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