A tiny blood vessel that connects an arteriole (the smallest division of an artery) with a venule (the smallest division of a vein). Although tiny, the capillary plays an imortant role in the circulatory system. The walls of capillaries act as semipermeable membranes that permit the exchange of various substances, including fluids and the gases oxy [..]

The smallest type of blood vessel. A capillary connects an arteriole (small artery) to a venule (small vein) to form a network of blood vessels in almost all parts of the body. The wall of a capillary [..]

(kap-ill-air-ee) [L. capillaris, relating to hair] A microscopic blood vessel that penetrates the tissues and consists of a single layer of endothelial cells that allows exchange between the blood and [..]

The tiniest of blood vessels. Through the one-cell-layer-thick walls of capillaries, oxygen and nutrients are delivered to body tissues and carbon dioxide and other wastes are cleared from body tissues.

1650s, "of or pertaining to the hair," from Latin capillaris "of hair," from capillus "hair" (of the head); perhaps related to caput "head" (but de Vaan finds t [..]

Aggregate composed of tiny, long and slender crystal strands; hairlike.

n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.

(kap´u1-lar´´e) A microscopic blood vessel that connects an arteriole and a venule; the functional unit of the circulatory system. carbonic anhydrase

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Very small blood vessel linking arteries and veins.

(L: capillus=hair) a tube with an internal diameter like a hair. A delicately branched blood vessel between arteries (source) and veins (sink).

(KAP-ih-lair-ee) the smallest of the body's blood vessels. Oxygen and glucose pass through capillary walls and enter the cells. Waste products such as carbon dioxide pass back from the cells into the blood through capillaries.

(anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels that connect arterioles to venules. Their walls are composed of a single layer of cells which allows molecules such as oxygen, water and lipids to pass through [..]

(n) a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action(n) any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules(adj) of or relating to hair(adj) long and slender with a v [..]

  A tiny vessel carrying blood or lymph.

Any of the minute vessels that connect the arterioles and venules, forming a network in nearly all parts of the body. Their walls act as semi permeable membranes for the interchange of various substan [..]

A minute blood vessel which connects an arteriole and venule, forming a network in nearly all parts of the body and effecting a transition from arterial to venous blood flow.

A small soil pore in which water is tightly held to soil particles, and often is not available to the plant. In soils, capillary is associated with the phenomenon of surface tension.

An extremely narrow blood vessel, which form networks in most tissues. Blood runs through capillaries to supply the body’s tissues. Petechiae result from broken capillary vessels.

a blood vessel that connects arteries and veins. Capillaries are the sites of fluid and gas exchange.

The minute vessels that connect the Arterioles and Venules.

The smallest type of blood vessel, which connects small blood vessels that branch off from arteries and veins.

the smallest of the body's blood vessels

The smallest type of blood vessel. A capillary connects an arteriole (small artery) to a venule (small vein) to form a network of blood vessels in almost all parts of the body. The wall of a capillary is thin and leaky, and capillaries are involved in the exchange of fluids and gases between tissues and the blood.

The smallest blood vessels of the body that carry blood from the arterial to the venous system. At the capillaries blood gases and soluble substances exchange with the surrounding tissues and immune c [..]

the finest of the blood vessels, with walls a single cell thick.

A crystal habit. Hair-like. Filiform.

Aggregate composed of tiny, thin, straight, long crystal strands; hairlike. (i.e.Millerite)

Forces that lift water or pull it through porous materials, such as concrete. The tendency of a material to wick water due to the surface tension of the water molecules.

A tiny blood vessel through which nutrients and waste products travel between the bloodstream and the body's cells.

The name given to the thin tube attached to the bulb which transmits the bulb pressure changes to the controller or indicator. The cross sectional area of the capillary is extremely small compared to [..]

A blood vessel that carries blood between the smallest arteries and the smallest veins.