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The Pathology of Vessels pp 1–23Cite as

Histology of vessels

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The cardiovascular system consists of four main types of vessel: arteries, veins, capillaries and the less well defined sinusoids. No vessel (small or large) should be seen as a simple conduit; all have distinct functional characteristics, which, in turn, will affect organ function profoundly, and their structure is modified by the functional demands they must satisfy. As an arbitrary definition we can say that any vessel whose diameter is larger than 250 to 300 lam and visible to the naked eye belongs to the macrocirculation and that the microcirculation is made up of vessels measuring less than 250 μm in diameter [1].

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  1. Unité d’anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Saint-Michel, 33, rue Olivier-de-Serres, 75015, Paris, France

    Phat N. Vuong MD, PhD, DHDR

  2. Department of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology, St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medecine and Dentistry, E1 1BB, Whitechapel, London, UK

    Sir Colin Berry DSc, MD, PhD, FRCPath, FRCP, FFPM

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Vuong, P.N., Berry, C. (2002). Histology of vessels. In: The Pathology of Vessels. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0786-7_1

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