vessel

[ves´el]

any channel for carrying a fluid, such as blood or lymph; called also vas.

absorbent vessel lymphatic vessel.

blood vessel any of the vessels conveying the blood; an artery, arteriole, vein, venule, or capillary.

collateral vessel

1. a vessel that parallels another vessel, a nerve, or other structure.

2. a vessel important in establishing and maintaining collateral circulation.

great v's the large vessels entering the heart, including the aorta, the pulmonary arteries and veins, and the venae cavae.

lacteal vessel those that take up chyle from the intestinal wall during digestion.

lymphatic v's the capillaries, collecting vessels, and trunks that collect lymph from the tissues and carry it to the blood stream.

nutrient v's vessels supplying nutritive elements to special tissues, as arteries entering the substance of bone or the walls of large blood vessels.

blood ves·sel

(blŭd ves'il), [TA]

Any vessel conveying blood: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins. conveying blood.

Synonym(s): vas sanguineum [TA]

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blood vessel

An elastic tubular channel, such as an artery, a vein, or a capillary, through which the blood circulates.

blood vessel

A generic term for a tube lined by endothelium and usually invested with a muscle layer of varying thickness, which transports blood to peripheral tissues and back.

Types
Arteries, veins, and capillaries.

blood ves·sel

(blŭd ves'ĕl) [TA]

Any vessel conveying blood: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

blood vessel

Any artery, arteriole, capillary, venule or vein.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

blood vessel

one of a number of muscular tubes found in higher invertebrates and all vertebrates which connect the heart to the tissues (via arteries and capillaries) and the tissues to the heart (via veins) forming a BLOOD CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

blood ves·sel

(blŭd ves'ĕl) [TA]

Any vessel conveying blood: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins.

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'Being able to build human blood vessels as organoids from stem cells is a game changer,' said the study's senior author Josef Penninger, director of the Life Sciences Institute at the University of British Columbia.

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In blood vessels, the existence of tissue-resident stem cells has been intensely debated.

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Production of new blood vessels normally occurs during development and to help repair injuries.

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In wet AMD, abnormal blood vessels at the back of the eye proliferate uncontrollably--a process called neovascularization--then begin to leak into the retina.

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With the help of funding from the British Heart Foundation, they will analyse the endothelial cells that line the blood vessels to find out how VEGFR-1 triggers this process.

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New research in mice suggests that bone marrow stem cells could be used to treat vision loss due to abnormal blood vessel growth.

Bone marrow stem cells may be used to treat vision loss

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"Our research shows that the formation of fully functional blood vessels requires activation of protein kinase Akt by a protein called R-Ras, and this mechanism is necessary for the formation of the hallow structure, or lumen, of a blood vessel." Masanobu Komatsu, Ph.D., associate professor at SBP's Lake Nona campus said.

Study finds key to regenerating blood vessels