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So it carries blood in the body. If it has no holes how is it going to carry the blood with oxygen, CO2 and nutrients to the cells in your body?
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What is the name of the tiny blood vessels that surround the alveoli in the lungs?
These are called the alveoli capillaries.
The difference between continuous capillaries and fenestrated capillaries?
Continous capillaries contain tight junctions and are less "leaky " than fenestrated capillaries. They only allow the movement of water and small ions, whereas fenestrated capillaries contain many fenestrae or pores and allow many molecules with the exception of medium and large proteins to pass
Where are the capillaries in the excretory system?
The capillaries in the excretory (urinary) system are called glomeruli. They filter out waste out of the blood through a series of fenestrations (holes), basement membrane and podocytes which have long thin fingers that keep the larger molecules from escaping.
Capillaries that have a incomplete lining are called?
continuous capillaries continuous capillaries
What structures connect the smallest arteries with the smallest veins?
Capillaries are the structures that connect arteries to veins.
What blood vessels surround the aveoli?
Capillaries The smallest of the blood vessels: capillaries.
What feeds the capillaries?
Arteries "feed" the capillaries while veins drain the capillaries.
Which veins open up into the capillaries?
plmonary veins begin as capillaries and end as capillaries
What are called leaky capillaries found in he one marrow?
Sinusoidal Capillaries
What smallest blood vessels only one cell thick?
The thin walled blood vessels are called capillaries.
Which capillaries are the most in the body?
continuous capillaries
The velocity of blood is slowest in the?
capillaries.
