0
In which blood vessels does the exchange of oxygen and food nutrients and waste materials from the blood take place?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Capillary.
capillaries
Capillaries.
Blood flow moves from arteries, to arterioles, to capillaries, to venules, to veins, to the heart, and then back to arteries. Capillaries are where the exchange of oxygen and other materials happens.
Capillaries
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe exchange of oxygen takes place in the capillaries in tissues.thats also where waste materials come into the blood.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoCapillaries are very small blood vessels that are small enough to exchange gases, nutrients, waste products, etc. with tissues.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoCappilaries.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Where does the exchange of oxygen waste and nutrients occur?
Lymph vessels
What type of blood vessels allow the exchange of oxygen and nutrients for waste products cellular level?
Capillaries!
Blood vessels in the dermis that carry oxygen and food?
Arteries to arterioles to capillaries where exchange occurs. Oxygen and nutrients are exchanged for carbon dioxide and wastes.
What do the blood vessels deliver?
Blood, oxygen, and nutrients.
What supplies the skin with nutrients and oxygen?
blood vessels
What is the function of the blood vessels on the outer wall of the heart?
Nutrients and oxygen have to get to the outside of the heart. So the blood vessels on the outside have that job. The nutrients and oxygen can't get to the cardiac muscle from inside the heart. Blood vessels that lead from the heart that are high in oxygen and nutrients have their first branch off the aorta that goes to these blood vessels. That's how important these vessels are to the heart and how it functions.
Which part of heart allows for the exchange of nutrients and oxygen?
The exchange of nutrients and oxygen does not take place in the heart. The exchange of oxygen takes place in the alveoli of the lungs and the exchange of nutrients takes place at numerous sites around the body, but the most predominant is the duodenum and ileum of the small intestine.
What is the function of capillaries?
Capillary are the smallest of the body's blood vessels and connect and break off into other arteries, blood vessels, or other areas of the body. Capilaries usually are found in between the major blood vessels and the tissue and can carry water, oxygen, carbon dioxide(CO2) The capillaries are one of the commonly used blood vessels in your body. They help join together all arterioles and venules in the body and connects the minor blood vessels in the heart.The function of capillaries is to deliver oxygen and other nutrients to the cells of the body, and remove toxins including carbon dioxide. Capillaries are only one cell thick, and have the lowest blood pressure of any blood vessel in the body.The function of the capillaries is to transfer oxygen and nutrients from the bloodstream to the various body tissues.to exchange the materials between the blood and the body cells
Why do cells exchange materials with the environment around them?
So they can have food oxygen and other things from the environment
Oxygen exchange takes place in which blood vessels?
Cappilaries
What is the functoin of the blood vessels?
Blood vessels carry oxygen and nutrients to the cells and removes CO2 and waste.
Vessels that allow oxygen and nutrients to pass through to cells?
Capillaries
