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Preferred term

Capillary Permeability  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Capillary Permeabilities
  • Permeabilities, Capillary
  • Permeability, Capillary

Note

  • coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM)

Scope note

  • The property of blood capillary ENDOTHELIUM that allows for the selective exchange of substances between the blood and surrounding tissues and through membranous barriers such as the BLOOD-AIR BARRIER; BLOOD-AQUEOUS BARRIER; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD-NERVE BARRIER; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; and BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER. Small lipid-soluble molecules such as carbon dioxide and oxygen move freely by diffusion. Water and water-soluble molecules cannot pass through the endothelial walls and are dependent on microscopic pores. These pores show narrow areas (TIGHT JUNCTIONS) which may limit large molecule movement.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • hiussuonien läpäisevyys
  • hiussuonien permeabiliteetti
  • hiussuonten läpäisevyys
  • hiussuonten permeabiliteetti
  • kapillaarien läpäisevyys
  • kapillaarien permeabiliteetti
  • kapillaarisuonien läpäisevyys
  • kapillaarisuonien permeabiliteetti
  • kapillaarisuonten läpäisevyys
  • kapillaarisuonten permeabiliteetti
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002199

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