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arteriole

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001980

The smallest division of the artery located between the muscular arteries and the capillaries[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0014830 ]

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

Small, terminal branch of an artery which generally connects to capillaries.[AAO], Multi-tissue structure part of the blood vasculature, feeds into capillaries. Arterioles carry blood away from the heart.[TAO]

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Illu_capillary.jpg, Illu:capillary.jpg

id

UBERON:0001980

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

prefLabel

Arteriole