Fenestration

Fenestration may refer to :

Architecture, construction and building

• Fenestration (architecture), refers to the design, construction, or presence of openings in a building. Fenestration includes windows, doors, louvres, vents, wall panels, skylights, storefronts, curtain walls, and slope glazed systems

Medicine and biology

• Fenestra (histology), one of the pores (fenestrae) in endothelial cells to allow rapid exchange between blood vessels and tissue
• Fenestration (botany), natural holes in the leaves of some species of plants
  • Fenestrated leaf, specialized leaves of succulent plants with transparent or translucent windows to optimize light capture

Other uses

• Fenestration, the practice of placing holes in the rudder of a ship to reduce the work required to move the rudder while preserving its ability to steer the ship

See also

• Fenestra (disambiguation)
• Defenestration, the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
• National Fenestration Rating Council, an organization which measures and compares the energy performance of fenestration products