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hepatic sinusoid

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Wide thin-walled blood vessels in the liver. In mammals they have neither veinous or arterial markers. [ http://zfin.org/curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatic_sinusoid ]

Term info

Label

hepatic sinusoid

Synonyms
  • liver hepatic sinusoids
  • liver sinusoid
  • liver sinusoidal blood vessel
  • sinusoid of liver
  • sinusoidal blood vessel of liver
  • vas capillare sinusoideum
  • vas sinusoideum
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

has alternative id

UBERON:0003275

has related synonym

hepatic sinusoids

homology notes

(...) the amphibian liver has characteristics in common with both fish and terrestrial vertebrates. (...) The histological structure of the liver is similar to that in other vertebrates, with hepatocytes arranged in clusters and cords separated by a meshwork of sinusoids and the presence of the traditional triad of portal venule, hepatic arteriole, and bile duct.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0001281