Vessel
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Vessel may refer to:
- a boat, ship or starship
- several kinds of containers
- a tubular structure of vascular tissue in plants such as xylem and phloem
Vessel may also refer to:
- Blood vessel, a part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body
- Lymph vessel, a thin walled, valved structure that carries lymph
- Vessel element, a cell type found in xylem
- Pressure vessel, a closed, rigid container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure different from the ambient pressure
- Vacuum vessel, a pressure vessel where the pressure inside the vessel is lower than the ambient pressure