arterial rete

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arterial rete

[rē′tē]

Etymology: Gk, arteria, airpipe; L, rete, net

a network of arteries and arterioles.

rete [re´te] (L.)

a network or plexus.

arterial rete (rete arterio´sum) an anastomotic network of arterioles or minute arteries, just before they become capillaries.

articular rete a network of anastomosing blood vessels in or around a joint.

rete lymphocapilla´re any of the closed, freely communicating networks formed by the lymphocapillary vessels.

rete malpi´ghii the innermost stratum of epidermis.

rete mira´bile a vascular network formed by division of an artery or vein into many smaller vessels that reunite into a single vessel; in the human this occurs only in the arterioles that supply the glomeruli of the kidney.

rete tes´tis the network of channels formed in the mediastinum of the testis by the seminiferous tubules.

rete veno´sum an anastomotic network of small veins; called also venous network.

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