A venule is a very small vein in the microcirculation that allows blood to return from the capillary beds to drain into the venous system via increasingly...
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and venule share a common sheath, the arteriole's thicker walls push against those of the venule forcing the venule to collapse. This makes the venule form...
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large, medium, and small. Smaller veins are called venules, and the smallest the post-capillary venules are microscopic that make up the veins of the microcirculation...
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High endothelial venules (HEV) are specialized post-capillary venules characterized by plump endothelial cells as opposed to the usual flatter endothelial...
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Vasa recta (kidney) (redirect from Straight venules of kidney)
kidney, (vasa recta renis) are the straight arterioles, and the straight venules of the kidney, – a series of blood vessels in the blood supply of the kidney...
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Central veins of liver (redirect from Central venules of liver)
In microanatomy, the central vein of liver (or central venule) is a vein at the center of each hepatic lobule. It receives the blood mixed in the liver...
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the glomerular capillaries exit into efferent arterioles rather than venules. The resistance of the efferent arterioles causes sufficient hydrostatic...
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SPARCL1 (redirect from High endothelial venule protein)
protein 1 (SPARCL1 or SC1), also known as hevin (short for high endothelial venule protein), is a secreted protein with high structural similarity to SPARC...
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capillaries, and venules. Arterioles carry oxygenated blood to the capillaries, and blood flows out of the capillaries through venules into veins.[citation...
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further, forming smaller venous branches and ultimately portal venules. Each portal venule courses alongside a hepatic arteriole and the two vessels form...
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imbalance. Most water leakage occurs in capillaries or post capillary venules, which have a semi-permeable membrane wall that allows water to pass more...
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veins; other arteries, smaller arterioles, capillaries that join with venules (small veins), and other veins. The circulatory system is closed in vertebrates...
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exchange of water and chemicals between the blood and the tissues occurs; the venules; and the veins, which carry blood from the capillaries back towards the...
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all blood-contacting surfaces, including arteries, arterioles, veins, venules, capillaries, and heart chambers. This healthy condition is promoted by...
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described by Truman G. Yuncker in 1957. Venulosa came from the word "venule". Venule is a small vein that connects capillaries to a larger vein. Two varieties...
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the tissues. Once the blood has become deoxygenated, it travels through venules then veins and back to the heart. Veins, unlike arteries, are thin and...
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Fluid and the cellular wastes in the tissues enter the capillaries at the venule end, where the hydrostatic pressure is less than the osmotic pressure in...
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(or tissue) fluid occurs in microvascular capillaries and post-capillary venules. In most tissues the micro vessels are invested with a continuous internal...
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in clinical practice, usually caused by inflammation of post-capillary venules in the dermis). "Leukocytoclastic" (literally meaning 'leukocyte-destroying')...
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smallest branches of the arteries (arterioles) to those of the veins (venules). Other substances which cross capillaries include water, oxygen, carbon...
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and gaining carbon dioxide—before being returned to the heart through venules and veins. The heart beats at a resting rate close to 72 beats per minute...
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migration into the efferent lymphatic venules. Once the mature Th1 and Th17 T-cells exit the efferent lymphatic venule, they travel to the intestinal mucosa...
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filtration occurs, the blood moves through a small network of small veins (venules) that converge into interlobular veins. As with the arteriole distribution...
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nutmeg kernel; the dark spots represent the dilated and congested hepatic venules and small hepatic veins. The paler areas are unaffected surrounding liver...
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peritubular capillaries then recombine to form an efferent venule, which combines with efferent venules from other nephrons into the renal vein, and rejoins...
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are made up of an afferent arteriole, anastomotic vessel, and collecting venule. Glomus tumors are modified smooth muscle cells that control the thermoregulatory...
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Hepatocyte Hepatocyte and sinusoid (venule) in a section of rat liver, scanning electron micrograph Human liver stained with hematoxylin and eosin showing...
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throughout the body, which moves because of the beating of the heart. Venules and veins collect blood low in oxygen from tissues throughout the body...
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central venules, as these hepatocytes have higher concentrations of cytochrome P450 enzymes compared to zone 1 hepatocytes surrounding the portal venule of...
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the capillaries branch off to a web of vessels that carry blood into the venules. Through this process blood undergoes micro-circulation. In micro-circulation...
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