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Glomerulonephritis refers to inflammation of the glomeruli, a ball-like structure in the kidney.
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What is another name for small veins?
third stage kidney disease with virtulitus
Capillaries connect what?
Capillaries connect small arteries to small veins. Capillaries are the site of gas exchange.
What is the small blood vessel Small and thin and porous enough to exchange substances to tissue cell?
The circulatory system because the artery and the heart is their.
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.
What are the characteristics of glomerulonephritis?
This condition affects children and teenagers far more often than it affects adults. It is inflammation of the glomeruli, or small round filters located in the kidney.
How are arterioles capillaries and venules related?
Arterioles are the small arteries that lead into the capillaries, which connect to cells in the body. Venules are the small veins that the capillaries flow back into, leaving the cells.
How does absorption of fat differ from glucose?
Fat is absorbed by lacteals in the small intestine these have large surface areas to help with absorption and capillaries to absorb the fatty acids. Glucose and Amino acids is absorbed in the glomerulus in the kidney transported by the blood to the heart etc then it is reabsorbed in the bowman's capsule in the kidney.
Blood from the capillaries of the small intestine travels to capillaries of the liver through the?
hepatic portal vein.
Capilaries in small intestine do what?
Capillaries in the small intestine absorb nutrients from the digestive tract. Capillaries in the small intestine also bring oxygen and carry away waste from the intestine.
What are the small blood vessels called?
Capillaries
What is the pressure when the blood leaves the small arteries and enters the Capillaries?
The blood pressure is usually high when blood leaves the small arteries and enters the capillaries.
Why fish are red?
The gills are sided by a series of capillaries. Capillaries are small blood vessels. These capillaries are used to transport oxygen from the gills throughout the fish.
