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capillaries, since they are only one cell wide.
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Which is smaller veins capillaries or arteries?
arteriols
What is the blood vessel connecting capillaries to arteries?
Venules, they are smaller and thinner than 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.
Are veins smaller blood vessels than capillaries?
No its not
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.
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
Which veins open up into the capillaries?
plmonary veins begin as capillaries and end as capillaries
Which blood vessel carries blood to the capillaries?
All arteries, as they move towards the body become smaller and smalled leading to capillaries. Capillaries then, rejoin to create veins.
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.
Name three blood vessels?
the three blood vessels are the Veins capillaries Arteries the arteries.
What structures connect the smallest arteries with the smallest veins?
Capillaries are the structures that connect arteries to veins.
What are tiny blood vessels connect veins and arteries?
Arteries divide into smaller vessels called Arteriols. Arteriols subdivide into even smaller vessels called capillaries, where oxygen, nutrients, hormones are delivered to the tissues of the body. Waste products are also picked up by capillaries and delivered to venules which grow into larger vessels called veins. Veins deliver deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
