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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/Capillary#Types http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenestra_(histology) ]

Term info

Label

fenestrated capillary

Synonyms
  • fenestrated capillary vessel
database cross reference
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

id

UBERON:2005260

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