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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.
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What is the narrowest kind kind of blood vessel?
capillaries
What are the narrowest kind of blood vessel?
Capillary
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.
What kind of vessel has the lowest blood pressure?
veins
In which kind of blood vessel is blood pressure highest?
The arteries, but to be exact, the aorta.
What is the name of the smallest kind of blood vessel?
Capillaries are the smallest of all blood vessels.
What kind of blood vessel often carries both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?
red blood cells
What blood vessels stretch because of blood pressure?
there is not a certain kind of vessel; all the vessels stretch.
If a blood contains a valve what kind of vessel it ts?
The only blood vessels that contain valves are veins.
What kind of cells form a plug when a blood vessel is torn?
Platelets form to help control the blood loss.
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 is the thinest layer of earth?
The thinest layer of the earth
