The smallest division of the artery located between the muscular arteries and the capillaries[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0014830 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database cross reference
- UMLS:C0003847 (ncithesaurus:Arteriole)
- BTO:0001997
- VHOG:0001763
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0003847
- EMAPA:35146
- NCIT:C12672
- MESH:D001160
- AAO:0010253
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteriole
- MA:0000063
- FMA:63182
- TAO:0002138
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/337724002
- ZFA:0005255
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
external definition
Small, terminal branch of an artery which generally connects to capillaries.[AAO]
Multi-tissue structure part of the blood vasculature, feeds into capillaries. Arterioles carry blood away from the heart.[TAO]
Term relations
Subclass of:
- blood vessel
- arterial blood vessel
- contributes to morphology of some artery
- connects some artery
- connects some capillary