Definition of Venule. Meaning of Venule. Synonyms of Venule

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Definition of Venule

Venule
Venule Ven"ule, n. [L. venula, dim. from vena vein.] A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zo["o]l.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.

Meaning of Venule from wikipedia

- A venule is a very small vein in the microcirculation that allows blood to return from the capillary beds to drain into the venous system via increasingly...
- and venule share a common sheath, the arteriole's thicker walls push against those of the venule forcing the venule to collapse. This makes the venule form...
- large, medium, and small. Smaller veins are called venules, and the smallest the post-capillary venules are microscopic that make up the veins of the microcirculation...
- In microanatomy, the central vein of liver (or central venule) is a vein at the center of each hepatic lobule. It receives the blood mixed in the liver...
- kidney, (vasa recta renis) are the straight arterioles, and the straight venules of the kidney, – a series of blood vessels in the blood supply of the kidney...
- High endothelial venules (HEV) are specialized post-capillary venules characterized by plump endothelial cells as opposed to the usual flatter endothelial...
- movement across a semi-permeable blood vessel such as a capillary or small venule is determined by the hydrostatic pressures and colloid osmotic pressures...
- capillaries, and venules. Arterioles carry oxygenated blood to the capillaries, and blood flows out of the capillaries through venules into veins.[citation...
- the glomerular capillaries exit into efferent arterioles rather than venules. The resistance of the efferent arterioles causes sufficient hydrostatic...
- exchange of water and chemicals between the blood and the tissues occurs; the venules; and the veins, which carry blood from the capillaries back towards the...