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How does the application of ice to the ankle aff ect blood fl ow through the capillaries?
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∙ 9y ago
Applying ice to your ankle decreases the blood flow through nearby capillaries. This occurs because the capillaries constrict to conserve heat.
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Why does blood move faster through your capillaries?
Blood does not move faster through the capillaries. Blood flow is slowest in the capillaries.
What are Cell fragments that prevent blood from leaking through capillaries?
Platelets are cell fragments that prevent blood from leaking through capillaries
Why white blood cells pass through capillaries while red blood cells not?
Both red and white blood cells pass through the capillaries.
What passes through the thin walls of the capillaries?
Blood passes through the capillaries, which provide a passage way for the blood from the arteries to the veins. The tiny, thin walled capillaries also allow for the exchange of gases through the tissue. You can read more about capillaries at fi.edu
What is the body organ which oxygen passes through to capillaries?
The alveoli and capillaries in the lungs pass oxygen to the blood. Both have very thin walls, which allow the oxygen to pass from the alveoli to the blood. The capillaries then connect to larger blood vessels, called veins, which bring the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
Red blood passes through the smallest what in single file?
The tiniest tubes that carry blood are the capillaries. These connect arteries and veins.
Resistance to blood flow through blood vessels is a function of?
capillaries
Where does the blood flow through?
Veins and artery's and Capillaries
Constant flow of blood through the capillaries is?
Perfusion
What happens to blood when it flows through a capillaries?
As blood flows through capillaries, it exchanges nutrients, wastes, and oxygen with body tissues. This transfer is accomplished via diffusion.
Blood from the capillaries of the small intestine travels to capillaries of the liver through the?
hepatic portal vein.
When muscles contract blood is forced through what?
Blood moves from the capillaries and into the veins.
