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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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatic_sinusoid http://zfin.org/curator ]
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
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
has alternative id
UBERON:0003275
has obo namespace
uberon
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
Term relations
Subclass of:
- liver blood vessel
- sinusoid
- endo-epithelium
- develops_in some lobe of liver
- part of some liver lobule
- part of some vasculature of liver
- contributes to morphology of some liver lobule