Blood vessel: [TA] Any vessel conveying blood: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins. conveying blood. SYN: vas sanguineum [TA].
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Blood vessel: A tube through which the blood circulates in the body. Blood vessels include a network of arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins.
Source: National Institute of Health
Blood vessel: a vessel in which blood circulates.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Blood vessel: any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins).
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Blood vessel: Any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins).
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)
Blood vessel: Any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins).
Source: MeSH 2007
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Blood vessel (organ): Another name for Blood vessels.
Blood vessel (organ): The blood vessels are a network of tubes that carry vital oxygenated blood and nutrients from the heart to the various regions, organs, tissues, and cells of the body and return deoxygenated blood and waste products to the heart and lungs. Blood vessels include arteries, veins, arterioles, venules, and capillaries. Blood vessels consist of layers of various cells and tissues. Some major blood vessels include the aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, vena cavae, common carotid artery, common iliac artery, subclavian vein, and femoral vein.
Conditions that can afflict the blood vessels include thrombosis, hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart disease, trauma, embolism, and phlebitis.
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Source: WordNet 2.1
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