(from the article `capillary`) ...the heart and are the starting point for flow of venous blood back to the heart. Between the smallest arteries, or arterioles, and the capillaries ...
Preceding a capillary;an arteriole or venule. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(pre-kap´ĭ-lar″e) located just to the arterial side of a capillary. arterial capillary.
Type: Term Pronunciation: prē-kap′i-lār′ē Definitions: 1. an arteriole or venule.