Uberon definition : Wide thin-walled blood vessels in the liver. In mammals they have neither veinous
or arterial markers.;
Uberon synonym : liver hepatic sinusoids; sinusoid of liver; liver sinusoid; liver sinusoidal blood vessel; vas capillare sinusoideum; sinusoidal blood vessel of liver;
Uberon related term : hepatic sinusoids;
Uberon Homology note : (...) the amphibian liver has characteristics in common with both fish and terrestrial
vertebrates. (...) The histological structure of the liver is similar to that in other
vertebrates, with hepatocytes arranged in clusters and cords separated by a meshwork
of sinusoids and the presence of the traditional triad of portal venule, hepatic arteriole,
and bile duct.[well established][VHOG];