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Capillaries are located between arteries and veins. They are found throughout the body.
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Clump of capilliaries in the kidney is called?
Glomerulus
What type of doctor do you need for facial capilliaries?
a dermatologist.
What are airbags in your lungs for?
the airbags in the lungs are for transferring oxygen into the capilliaries
Which blood vessels are primarily concerned with reabsorption?
peritubular capilliaries
Do capilliaries have valves?
Capillaries do not have valves. Veins are the blood vessels with valves.
Does capilliries carry blood away from the heart?
No arteries do, these then lead into arterioles and into capilliaries.
Are the capilliaries in the lungs?
There are many capillaries in the lungs. These small blood vessels are the site of gas exchange in the alveoli.
Why substances enter and leave the blood stream through the walls and capilliaries amd not arteries and veins?
Oxegen and Carbon dioxide
What two structures does the exchange of gas occur?
There are two place where this process occurs: i) the Lungs, and ii) the Capilliaries.
What is the function for the small vein and capilliaries?
The small veins and capillaries feed blood, oxygen and nutrients to peripheral limbs, fingers, toes and to the organs and skin. They help us to feel and to send signals to the muscles to pull and retract.
What is cleaning of a wound?
cleaning a wound - under medical/surgical asepsis techniques with sanitization, disinfection, and/or sterilization. If open wound, it would then have to be debrideded so that new blood capilliaries are reach and new tissue would be allowed to form.
What blood vessels help blood travel through the circulatory system?
Carry oxyginated blood to the body, and deoxiginated blood back to the lungs to get oxygen.
