venules The smallest veins. Blood þows into them from the capillary beds. Small veins that connect a vein with capillaries.
vernalization Arti?cial exposure of seeds or seedlings to cold to enable the plant to þower.
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Vessels into which capillaries converge and that empty into veins.
Venules are the blood vessels that exit the capillary beds and go on to form veins. The veins are thin walled with a larger bore and with less muscle and elastic fibers than arteries.
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Both the portal venules & the hepatic arterioles enter approximately one million identical lobules acini, likened to leaves on the liver tree, ...
When blood leaves the capillaries and enters the venules and veins, little pressure remains to force it along. Blood in the veins below the heart is helped back up to the heart by the muscle pump.
Capillaries are very small and have thin walls to allow easier passage of compounds including nutrients, glucose, carbon dioxide, and waste products. After the capillaries, your blood passes through venules and veins.
 See also: Organ, Blood, Cells, Vessels, Tissue
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