CAPILLARY VESSEL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules

Synonyms:

capillary; capillary vessel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("capillary vessel" is a kind of...):

blood vessel (a vessel in which blood circulates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capillary vessel"):

glomerulus (a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation)

tomentum; tomentum cerebri (a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex)