A rete mirabile (Latin for `wonderful net`; plural retia mirabilia) is a complex of arteries and veins lying very close to each other, found in some vertebrates. The rete mirabile utilizes countercurrent blood flow within the net (blood flowing in opposite directions) to act as a countercurrent exchanger. It exchanges heat, ions, or gases betwee.....
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(from the article `cetacean`) ...heart with paired ventricles and auricles. The pattern of circulation is similar to that of other mammals, with the exception of a series of ...
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A vascular network interrupting the continuity of an artery or vein, such as occurs in the glomeruli of the kidney (arterial) or in the liver (venous). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(re´te mĭ-rab´ĭle) 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.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a vascular network interrupting the continuity of an artery or vein, such as occurs in the glomeruli of the kidney (arterial) or in the liver (venous).
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A countercurrent exchange structure of capillaries that allows gas uptake in a fish swim bladder
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