Sinusoidal capillary, illustration 插畫檔

Illustration of the sinusoidal capillary. Sinusoidal capillaries have large and irregular lumens. Their endothelial cells (the flat pink cells in the illustration) have wide intercellular gaps, and the basement membrane (the transparent membrane covering the endothelial cells) is discontinuous or even absent. This results in extremely high permeability, allowing large molecules and even blood cells to pass through