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Vasa vasorum

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vaso vasorumnoun(anatomy) Misspelling of vasa vasorum. [(anatomy) The capillaries that supply blood to vessels larger than 1 mm. They supply blood to the adventitia and middle tunicae.]
metarteriolenounAn arterial capillary; a short vessel linking arterioles and venules.
veniolenounAny of the smaller veins in the heart, especially those connecting with capillaries.
endovasculaturenounThe interior structure of blood vessels
endangiumnoun(anatomy) The tunica intima of a blood vessel
vas rectumnoun(anatomy, usually in the plural) One of a number of straight vasa (tubes), specifically:
tunica intimanoun(anatomy) The innermost layer of an artery or vein, made up of one layer of endothelial cells and supported by an internal elastic lamina.
capillary bednoun(physiology) Any of many reticulated network of capillaries that supply blood to the organs inside the body.
a.a.nounAlcoholics Anonymous
perivasculaturenounperivascular tissue
medianoun(often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
vasa previanounThe condition of fetal blood vessels crossing directly in front of the cervix opening (i.e. the birth canal)
peritubular capillarynoun(anatomy) Any of a network of small blood vessels that are located around the nephrons in the kidney.
postcapillary(medicine) To the venous side of a capillary
intimanoun(anatomy) The innermost part of an anatomical structure, particularly a tubular one
satellite veinnounA vein accompanying an artery.
sylvian veinnoun(anatomy) The superficial middle cerebral vein.
efferent arteriolenoun(anatomy) Any of the many minute blood vessels formed by the merging of the capillaries of the glomerulus that conduct blood away from it.
tomentumnoun(zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
peritheliumnoun(anatomy) The layer of connective tissue surrounding the capillaries and smaller blood vessels

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