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MeSH Heading: Blood Vessels
Tree Number(s): A07.015
Unique ID: D001808
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001808
Annotation: general or unspecified only: prefer specifics and/or /‌blood supply with anatomical terms; permeability = VASCULAR PERMEABILITY see CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; inflammation = VASCULITIS or its specifics; radiography of blood vessels = ANGIOGRAPHY
Scope Note: Any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins).
See Also: Angiography; Vascular Resistance; Vascular Surgical Procedures; Vasomotor System
Consider Also: consider also terms at ANGI-, VASA-, VASC-, and VASO-
Public MeSH Note: /transplantation was BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65
History Note: /transplantation was BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65
Entry Combination: surgery:Vascular Surgical Procedures
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/11/05
Revision Date: 2024/11/05

Entry Combination: surgery:Vascular Surgical Procedures
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Blood Vessels MeSH Descriptor Data 2025