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What is the blood vessel connecting capillaries to arteries?

Venules, they are smaller and thinner than veins.


Name three blood vessels?

the three blood vessels are the Veins capillaries Arteries the arteries.


Do capillaries connect arteries and viens?

No, arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood back to the heart, and capillaries are where blood disperses throughout areas in the body. capillaries are sort of in between, but not really.


What structures connect the smallest arteries with the smallest veins?

Capillaries are the structures that connect arteries to veins.


What are the names of the 3 blood vessles?

Arteries, capillaries, & veins.


What is difference between capillaries and veins?

Capillaries are smaller, thinner and have less surface area than veins. Veins take blood to the heart, and capillaries are the thin tubes that connect the veins and arteries together.


Is the arteries bigger or smaller than capillaries?

Veins are bigger (:


Why are there capillaries in eyelids instead of arteries or veins?

capillaries are smaller than arteries and veins. they need to be small or it would look wierd with big buldges sticking out of your eye lids. :P


Is the artery the same size as your vein?

Arteries and veins can be different sizes, because large arteries branch into smaller arteries, which branch into capillaries. These capillaries branch into small veins, which branch into large veins. So yes, they can be (and usually are) the same size if (I am surmising this) they are the same distance from the capillaries.


What are the three types of blood vesel in the body?

Arteries, veins, capillaries.


What is the smallest of the three veins capillaries and arteries?

Capillaries. They are the microscopic tubes that connect the veins and the arteries.


Which vessels branch from arteries?

The branches from arteries are arterioles and then into capillaries.