The surface of the skin is strongly sucked by the vacuum pressure in the cup, opening capillary vessels and pores.

An intricate network of capillary vessels forms between these two thecal layers and begins to circulate blood to and from the follicle.

The reason for this fallacy was a mistake in methodology (the osmotic pressure was too high and the delicate embryonal capillary vessels were partially damaged).

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are vascular malformations in the brain and spinal cord made of dilated capillary vessels.

There was, however, one stage in the circulation which Harvey was not able to see - that in which the veins and arteries lose themselves by subdivision into the tiny capillary vessels.

Until now, the stumbling block in tissue engineering has been supplying artificial tissue with nutrients that have to arrive via capillary vessels.

Diabetics may receive vision improvement from bilberry since they are prone to damage of the tiny capillary vessels that feed the eye.

They can move across the cell membrane of capillary vessels and go between cells to hunt invading pathogens.

It had destroyed the capillary vessels around the wound, preparing the way for the gangrene that had followed.

It consists of irregular masses of round or polyhedral cells, the cells of each mass being grouped around a dilated sinusoidal capillary vessel.