VENULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does venule mean? 

• VENULE (noun)
  The noun VENULE has 1 sense:

1. a minute vein continuous with a capillary

  Familiarity information: VENULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A minute vein continuous with a capillary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

capillary vein; venula; venule

Hypernyms ("venule" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "venule"):

episcleral veins; venae episclerales (small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins)

stellate venule (a star-shaped group of venules in the renal cortex)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of neutrophils and fibrinoid necrosis in small arteries and venules.

(Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Tiny blood vessels that connect the arterioles with the venules.

(Blood Capillary, NCI Thesaurus)

Blood vessels include a network of arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins.

(Blood vessel, NCI Dictionary)

A capillary connects an arteriole (small artery) to a venule (small vein) to form a network of blood vessels in almost all parts of the body.

(Blood Capillary, NCI Dictionary)

The glycoproteins with this modification include sulfated ligands for L-selectin and are involved in tethering and rolling of lymphocytes along high endothelial venules (HEV) of lymphoid tissues.

(Peripheral Lymph Node Addressin, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by damage of the hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells of the hepatic venules that leads to venular occlusion and hepatocellular necrosis.

(Liver Veno-Occlusive Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically, inflammation involves a complex series of events, including dilatation of arterioles, capillaries, and venules, with increased permeability and blood flow; exudation of fluids, including plasma proteins; and leukocyte migration into the site of inflammation.

(Inflammation, NCI Thesaurus)

The smallest functional unit of the liver, comprising all of the liver parenchyma supplied by a terminal branch of the portal vein and hepatic artery; typically involves segments of two lobules lying between two terminal hepatic venules.

(Liver Acinus, NCI Thesaurus)