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fenestrated capillary
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Capillary that has pores in the endothelial cells (60-80 nm in diameter) that are spanned by a diaphragm of radially oriented fibrils and allow small molecules and limited amounts of protein to diffuse [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenestra_(histology) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary#Types ]
Term info
Label
fenestrated capillary
Synonyms
- fenestrated capillary vessel
editor note
the ZFA class from which this was derived is not explicitly classified as a capillary - need to verify for taxon histology differences
external definition
Blood vessel endothelium that has pores that allow passage small molecules and proteins[ZFA].
has broad synonym
fenestrated blood vessel endothelium
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:2005260