arteriolovenular anastomosis

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11607
Communication in which blood is shunted from arterioles to venules without passing through capillaries.
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 849 [Terms] [Paper]