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==== Fenestrated ==== Fenestrated capillaries have pores known as [[fenestra (histology)|''fenestrae'']] ([[Latin]] for "windows") in the endothelial cells that are 60–80 [[nanometre]]s (nm) in diameter. They are spanned by a diaphragm of radially oriented [[fibril]]s that allows small molecules and limited amounts of protein to diffuse.<ref>{{BUHistology|22401lba|inline=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pavelka |first1=Margit |last2=Roth |first2=Jürgen |title= Functional Ultrastructure: An Atlas of Tissue Biology and Pathology |date=2005 |publisher=Springer |location=Vienna |isbn=978-3-211-26392-1 |page=232 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-26392-6_120 |language=en |chapter=Fenestrated Capillary|doi=10.1007/3-211-26392-6_120 }}</ref> In the [[renal glomerulus]] the capillaries are wrapped in [[podocyte foot processes]] or pedicels, which have slit pores with a function analogous to the diaphragm of the capillaries. Both of these types of blood vessels have continuous [[basal lamina]]e and are primarily located in the [[endocrine gland]]s, [[intestines]], [[pancreas]], and the [[renal glomerulus|glomeruli]] of the [[kidney]].
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