capillary
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- noun
- /ˈkæpɪˌlɛri/
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capilar
- The body relies on capillaries to deliver nutrients from the blood to tissues and organs.
- capillary seepage
- capillary-sized vessels
- capillary diameter
So once you increase blood flow, once you expand capillaries, yeah, you improve nutrient flow.
- So once you increase blood flow, once you expand capillaries, yeah, you improve nutrient flow.
- The blood vessels grow out to the capillaries, to the edges, and then the nerves follow along.
- The alveolus is part of the lung and the blood runs through capillaries which are these the smallest tubes in the circulatory system.
- As soon as you get a different shape that's sort of, you know, not that discoid structure, they start clogging in the capillaries.
- And the reason is there's a rule in vascular biology that blood moves from arteries to capillaries and then to veins and then back to the heart.
- The vessels and the capillaries that they all scrunched up and they forced the blood back down into the core of the body.
- So it's sort of like Roto-rooter and expensive for all of our, our arteries and capillaries.
Examples
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The latter are inspired by the capillaries, which are the smallest blood vessels inside the human body.
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And it's across these capillaries that filtration of plasma occurs and reabsorption occurs.
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When the initial damage is in the muscles, it results in hemorrhage and capillary damage.
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As long as you were up here, the capillaries were sufficient to keep the fluid above.
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So once you increase blood flow, once you expand capillaries, yeah, you improve nutrient flow.
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So is there a way to starve these capillaries that feed tumor growth?
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It opens up the capillaries.
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I could see bunches of red capillaries in the inside corners of his eyes.
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The capillaries in your eyes are swollen, Lieutenant, and l see signs of vascular congestion in your cheeks.
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The vasculature of human skin is composed of two distinct parts: the nutritional capillaries and the thermoregulatory blood vessels.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
A very small blood vessel that lets oxygen and nutrients pass to body cells
Compounds
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Movement of liquid up thin tubes or spaces, like water rising in a plant stem
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A very small blood vessel that carries blood from capillaries into larger vessels
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A very small blood vessel that lets oxygen and nutrients pass to body cells
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A very small thin blood vessel that carries blood into tiny vessels in the tissues
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A network of tiny blood vessels in tissue where blood gives oxygen and nutrients to cells and removes waste
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How far a liquid moves up a thin tube because of surface tension
How Small
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Surface Forms
Morphology
capillary = capill + ary
Although the senses relate to 'hair-like' smallness, the root 'capill-' is not a recognizable English base, so the anatomical sense 'small blood vessel' is not directly derivable by typical learners.
Etymology
Capillary comes from the Latin root capill- meaning 'hair', and a capillary vessel is named because it is as thin as a hair. That's why these tiny blood tubes let oxygen and nutrients pass easily between blood and body cells.