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This is really a Biology question.
The general gist of it is that every cell in your body needs nutrients and oxygen, and give off waste products and carbon dioxide. Imagine making a flat sheet of cells (pack them in real tight for efficiency). The area of that sheet would be an estimate for the number of square miles of capillaries needed to feed them all.
Another way of estimating is think of slicing your body into sheets that are as thick as one cell, see how many sheets that would be, and multiplying by the area of that cross-section. This would be a rough estimate (very very rough) but it might be fun.
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∙ 12y agoThere are so many capillaries in our bodies so the blood can circulate fully around the body. The blood carries oxygen to our cells, and the capillaries carry around the blood to the hard to reach places, such as the tips of our fingers and the tips of our toes. When you cut of the circulation, or the blood flow, in your finger, and you get a bruise, this is because the capillaries have broken open. Without the capillaries, our cells would die from no circulation. Capillaries are very important for the Healthiness of our bodies.
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How many square mile do capillaries cover in our bodies?
Capillaries cover a total of 1,000 square miles
What do capillaries do in your bodies?
Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in your body and act as the exchange point for oxygen.
What are blood capillaries?
The smallest blood vessels where the blood gets to interact with the bodies tissues.
Why were human bodies mummified?
they were mummified so there bodies could be reserved for the after life. they could be preserved so during the afterlife they could look healthy. The bodies could be preserved for many many years!
What so capillaries do in cells?
Capillaries do not occur in cells.Capillaries are larger than cells, indeed capillaries are made of cells.Capillaries are the smallest blood vesicles.
Are capillaries poison?
so are but not all
What are the most narrow blood vessels?
Capillaries. They're so small that red blood cells are sometimes forced to travel single-file.
Why are capillaries thin walled?
Capillaries are one cell thin so that the red blood cells can easily exchange oxygen that they picked up in the lungs, with the bodies cells.
How many valves capillaries?
Well the capillaries produce the more the body moves. If someone is running a marathon for example, the capillaries will start to reproduce to help get the blood moving. And capillaries dont have valves.
Exchange of nutrients and gases between the blood and tissue cells?
capillaries is where the exchange of materials occur such as; gases,nutrients, hormones, and so on.between the blood and the interstitial fluid.
How many layers do capillaries have?
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When you are cold your capillaries do what?
why so dumb boring
