postcapillary
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postcapillary — post·cap·il·lary kap ə .ler ē, Brit usu kə pil ə rē adj of, relating to, affecting, or being a venule of the circulatory system * * * post·cap·il·lary (pōst kapґĭ larґe) 1. located just to the venous side of a capillary. 2. venous… … Medical dictionary
postcapillary venule — That portion of the blood circulation immediately downstream of the capillary network; the region having the lowest wall shear stress, and the most common site of leucocytic margination and endothelial transmigration (diapedesis) … Dictionary of molecular biology
postcapillary venule — venous capillary … Medical dictionary
Venule — A little vein. Venules go from capillaries to veins, vessels that carry blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) makes the blood in veins and venules appear dark. Veins and … Medical dictionary
Acrocyanosis (benign) — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Acrocyanosis ICD10 = ICD10|I|73.8| |i|00 ICD9 = ICD9|443.89 Caption = DiseasesDB = 29444 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = eMedicine mult = MeshName = MeshNumber = Acrocyanosis refers to a … Wikipedia
pericyte — One of the slender mesenchymal like cells found in close association with the outside wall of postcapillary venules; it is relatively undifferentiated and may become a fibroblast, macrophage, or smooth muscle cell. SYN: adventitial cell,… … Medical dictionary
venous capillary — a type of minute vessel lacking a muscular coat, intermediate in structure and location between a venule and a capillary. Called also postcapillary and postcapillary venule … Medical dictionary
high endothelial venules — specialized postcapillary venules with tall cuboidal endothelial cells, found in lymph nodes and gut associated lymphoid tissue; they are the sites where lymphocytes recirculate from blood to lymph, binding specifically to the endothelial cells… … Medical dictionary
Lymph node — A Lymph node (] MedullaThere are two named structures in the medulla: * The medullary cords are cords of lymphatic tissue, and include plasma cells and B cells * The medullary sinuses (or sinusoids ) are vessel like spaces separating the… … Wikipedia
Vasopressin — Arginine vasopressin Space filling model of arginine vasopressin … Wikipedia
