Capillary
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A Capillary is a blood vessel that is between 5 and 10 micrometres in diameter and has a wall one endothelial cell thick.
- Example(s):
- a Kidney Glomerulus.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Angiogenesis, Arteriole, Venule, Microvessels, Interstitial Fluid.
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/capillary Retrieved:2018-3-21.
- A capillary is a small blood vessel from 5 to 10 micrometres (µm) in diameter, and having a wall one endothelial cell thick. They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules. These microvessels are the site of exchange of many substances with the interstitial fluid surrounding them. Substances which exit include water (proximal portion), oxygen, and glucose; substances which enter include water (distal portion), carbon dioxide, uric acid, lactic acid, urea and creatinine. Lymph capillaries connect with larger lymph vessels to drain lymphatic fluid collected in the microcirculation. During early embryonic development [1] new capillaries are formed through vasculogenesis, the process of blood vessel formation that occurs through a de novo production of endothelial cells which then form vascular tubes. The term angiogenesis denotes the formation of new capillaries from pre-existing blood vessels and already present endothelium which divides.[2]
- ↑ http://www.wormbook.org/chapters/www_embryovariationdevelop/embryovariationdevelop.html
- ↑ Gilbert, Scott F. (2000). "Endoderm". Developmental Biology (6th ed.). Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87893-243-7. Retrieved 1 February 2021.