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Preferred term

Venules  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • restrict to blood vessels: not for "lymphatic venules" or "postcapillary venules": see note on LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; IM GEN only; NIM as coord with specific organ /blood supply (IM)

Scope note

  • The minute vessels that collect blood from the capillary plexuses and join together to form veins.

History note

  • 91(78); was see under VEINS 1975-90; was see under VEINS 1964-74

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014699

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