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Is capillary a blood vessel?
Yes, the capillaries are the smallest kind of blood vessel, that facilitate the movement of substances (like oxygen and glucose) in and out of the blood through their very thin walls.
Which blood vessel allows substances to travel between the blood and other cells in the body?
capillaries
What is so special about these blood vessels that's makes it easy for substances to pass in and out?
when blood is in vessel, the blood may be black.
What blood vessel exchanges substances with a nephron?
Capillary. The thin walls allow diffusion of materials to pass from the blood flow into the nephron.
What kind of blood vessel are the thinest?
Blood capillaries are the thinnest, their walls only a single layer thick in order to reduce the diffusion distance for substances between the blood and tissues.
Factors that affect vascular resistance?
Vascular resistance is influenced by factors such as vessel radius, vessel length, blood viscosity, and vessel compliance. Changes in these factors can impact the resistance to blood flow in the vasculature, affecting blood pressure and overall circulatory function.
The vessels that permit exchange of materials between the cells and the blood are termed?
Capillary: A tiny blood vessel where substances are exchanged between the blood and the body cells.
What is the medical term meaning expansion of a blood vessel?
Dilation of a blood vessel is the term for physiologic widening of the vessel. Abnormal widening of the blood vessel through a weakening of the wall is known as aneurysm.Dilation of a blood vessel means widening of the vessel.
What do you call a tube that blood travels through?
In general we call it a blood vessel. Those which carry blood away from the heart are arteries, those which take it back are veins, and the tiny, thin-walled tubes which are found in the organs and exchange substances with the cells are capillaries.
What do you call a tiny vessel in the Circulatory system?
The smallest type of blood vessel is the capillary. Its walls are one cell thick and permeable, for substances to transfer out of the capillary and into the cells (and vice versa).
What is the function of the ventral blood vessel of a worm?
Blood vessel on the bottom of a worm Blood vessel on the bottom of a worm
What is the 3 part of the circulatory system?
1) heart 2)blood 3)blood vessel
