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Cardiovascular System > Blood Vessels

Preferred term

Blood Vessels  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • general or unspecified only: prefer specifics and/or ‌/‌blood ‌supply with anatomical terms; permeability = VASCULAR PERMEABILITY see CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; inflammation = VASCULITIS or its specifics; radiography of blood vessels = ANGIOGRAPHY

Scope note

  • Any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins).

History note

  • /transplantation was BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001808

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