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Capillaries, they are the smallest of a body's blood vessels and part of the microcirculation. Capillaries are 5-10 μm in diameter and connect arterioles and venules and enable the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and waste chemical substances between blood and surrounding tissues.
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∙ 11y ago1) "normal" connection is via capillaries.
2) Portal systems (capillary bed to vein to capillary bed)
3) A-V shunts (most are in skin and are the cause of blushing. Some are malformations.)
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∙ 16y agoThe do not connect to each other. They both get near each other as part of the capillary network that is in all vascular tissue. They get so close that nutrients and waste products can be exchanged at the cellular level.
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∙ 16y agoThe capillary beds in the tissues, where they connect the arterioles and venules together, which then fuse to form the arteries and veins.
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∙ 9y agoCapillaries are the structures of the heart that connect the arteries and veins. Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the human body.
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∙ 13y ago- how veins connected to hte artery
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∙ 12y agoArteries > arterioles > capillaries > venules > veins.
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∙ 12y agoThe heart...
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∙ 13y agoCapillaries
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What is the vessel that takes blood from the arteries to capillaries?
Arterioles take blood from the arteries to the capillaries. Venules take blood from the capillaries to the veins.
Microscopic vessels that carry blood from small arteries to small veins are?
Capillaries are the microscopic blood vessels that connect small arteries to small veins. Blood exchange takes place in capillaries.
Which vessel transports blood from the heart to the lungs?
The vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lungs is called the pulmonary vein. It is one of the few veins that carry oxygenated blood to the heart. The oxygenated blood enters the atrium of the heart.
What are any tubes that carry blood called?
Blood vessels are the tubes that carry blood. The three types of blood vessels are arteries, capillaries, and veins.
What is a blood artery?
There are three varieties of blood vessels: arteries, veins, and capillaries. During blood circulation, the arteries carry blood away from the heart. The capillaries connect the arteries to veins. Finally, the veins carry the blood back to the heart
Small vessel that connects veins and arteries?
That would be the capillary
Is a capillary a vessle?
A capillary is the smallest blood vessel. It connects arteries and veins.
What blood vessel is fed by the arteries at one end?
Yes, capillaries are fed by arteries at one end. Capillaries connect small arteries to small veins.
What connects blood vessel and the veins?
veins are blood vessels
What vessel connection arteries to veins?
capillaries.
What is the blood vessel connecting capillaries to arteries?
Venules, they are smaller and thinner than veins.
What organs are the blood vessel and the heart?
veins and arteries
What thin walls connects arteries and veins?
Arteries enter arterioles enter capillaries enter venules enter veins.
What are the three types of blood vessel?
Arteries, Veins and Capillaries.
What is the hearts blood vessel?
coronary arteries and coronary veins
What is heart blood vessel?
coronary arteries and coronary veins
What are the different kinds of blood vessel?
artery, vein, arterioles, venules, capillaries
