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blood vessel

tubular structure which carries blood
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blood vessel
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Summary

blood vessel is an organ type[1]. It draws 5,379 Wikipedia views per month (organ type category, ranking #33 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Subclass of: vessel[4], general anatomical term[5], particular anatomical entity[6]
  • Part of: circulatory system[7]
  • Has use: blood circulation[8]
  • Commons category: Blood vessels[9]
  • Has part(s): tunica adventitia of blood vessel[10], tunica media[11], tunica intima[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Blood vessels[13]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
  • Studied by: vascular biology[17]
  • Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[18]
  • Contains: blood[19]
  • Development of anatomical structure: blood vessel development[20]

Why It Matters

blood vessel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['2tQIsf', '1yMXTJ']
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0216508-krevni-cevy
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Described by source → Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Has part(s) → tunica adventitia of blood vessel, tunica media, tunica intima
    Development of anatomical structure → blood vessel development
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 4567, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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