Term Name: angiogenesis
Synonyms: blood vessel formation from pre-existing blood vessels
Definition: Blood vessel formation when new vessels emerge from the proliferation of pre-existing blood vessels.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0001525]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: blood vessel morphogenesis
has parts: branching involved in blood vessel morphogenesis
is a type of: anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis
has subtype: angiogenesis involved in coronary vascular morphogenesis angiogenesis involved in wound healing glomerular capillary formation intussusceptive angiogenesis sprouting angiogenesis
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of angiogenesis
positively regulated by: positive regulation of angiogenesis
regulated by: regulation of angiogenesis