- A
capillary is a
small blood vessel, from 5 to 10
micrometres in diameter, and is part of the
microcirculation system.
Capillaries are
microvessels and...
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Capillary action (sometimes
called capillarity,
capillary motion,
capillary rise,
capillary effect, or wicking) is the
process of a
liquid flowing in...
- In
fluid dynamics, the
capillary number (Ca) is a
dimensionless quantity representing the
relative effect of
viscous drag
forces versus surface tension...
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fluid statics,
capillary pressure ( p c {\displaystyle {p_{c}}} ) is the
pressure between two
immiscible fluids in a thin tube (see
capillary action), resulting...
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Lymph capillaries or
lymphatic capillaries are tiny, thin-walled
microvessels located in the
spaces between cells (except in the
central nervous system...
- The
glomerulus (pl.: glomeruli) is a
network of
small blood vessels (
capillaries)
known as a tuft,
located at the
beginning of a
nephron in the kidney...
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Capillary refill time (CRT) is
defined as the time
taken for
color to
return to an
external capillary bed
after pressure is
applied to
cause blanching...
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refers to
capillary zone electrop****sis (CZE), but
other electrop****tic
techniques including capillary gel electrop****sis (CGE),
capillary isoelectric...
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elastic arteries, and
large veins;
other arteries,
smaller arterioles,
capillaries that join with
venules (small veins), and
other veins. The circulatory...
- In the
renal system,
peritubular capillaries are tiny
blood vessels,
supplied by the
efferent arteriole, that
travel alongside nephrons allowing reabsorption...
