| Term: | hepatic sinusoid blood vessel endothelium |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | hepatic sinusoid |
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| Synonyms: | hepatic sinusoids |
| Definition: | Wide thin-walled blood vessels in the liver. The terminal branches of the hepatic portal vein and hepatic artery empty into the sinusoids where the blood mixes. In mammals they have neither venous or arterial markers. Sinusoids are scattered throughout the parenchyma and appear small and round. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005091] |
| Name: | blood vessel endothelium |
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| Definition: | The vascular endothelium that lines blood vasculature. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005257] |