Look up: venule

1. venule
   [n] - a minute vein continuous with a capillary
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2. Venule
   Venule: A little vein. Venules go from capillaries to veins, vessels that carry blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) makes the blood in veins and venules appear dark. Veins and venules are part of the afferent wing of the ...
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3. Venule
   Ven'ule noun [ Latin venula , dim. from vena vein.] A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zoology) , one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.
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4. venule
   <zoology> A small vein; a veinlet; specifically, one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects. ... Origin: L. Venula, dim. From vena vein. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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5. venule
   venula noun a minute vein continuous with a capillary
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6. venule
   (ven´ūl) any of the small vessels that collect blood from the capillary plexuses and join to form veins. adj., ven´ular, adj. .
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7. Venule
   • (n.) A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zool.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.
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8. venule
   (from the article `human cardiovascular system`) ...that they receive and distribute. From the capillaries, the blood, now depleted of oxygen and burdened with waste products, moving more slowly and ... As the capillaries converge, small venules are formed whose function it is to collect blood from the capillary beds (i.e., the networks...
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9. venule
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ven′yūl, vē′nūl Definitions: 1. A venous radicle continuous with a capillary. Synonyms: venula, capillary vein, veinlet
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10. venule
    (ven;yool) A small vessel that carries venous blood from capillaries to a vein.
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11. venule
    (ven;yool) A small vessel that carries venous blood from capillaries to a vein.
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12. Venule
    | --> A `venule` is a small blood vessel in the microcirculation that allows deoxygenated blood to return from the capillary beds to the larger blood vessels called veins. Venules range from 8 to 100μm in diameter and are formed when capillaries unite. Venules are blood vessels that drain blood d...
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