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capillary
Function:
- a small blood vessel connecting the arterial & venous systems.
Structure:
- capillary walls consist of an endothelium & basement membrane
- diameter when open is about 8 uM
Specific
pulmonary capillary
sinusoidal capillary
General
blood vessel
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999