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cap·il·lar·y
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capillary
Capillaries are tiny blood vessels in your body. -
glomerulus
a compact cluster of capillaries. -
portal system
a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins. -
arteriole
any of the small subdivisions of an artery that form thin-walled vessels ending in capillaries -
blood vessel
Blood vessels are the narrow tubes through which your blood flows. -
blood-brain barrier
the barrier created by the walls of the capillaries of the brain that prevents certain substances, as most proteins and drugs, from passing from the blood into the brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid