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its a tiny blood vessel, so at one end would be the larger blood vessel and on the other end would be the portion of the body part it is supplying with oxygenated blood

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How can you use capillary in a sentence?

Capillary is the name for any of the tiny blood vessels which connect the arteries to the veins.The word 'capillary' comes from the Latin 'capillaris'meaning 'about, or of, hair'


Where is the capillary?

The capillaries connect arteries and veins. They are found throughout the body.


What blood vessels connect networks of capillary beds?

portal veins


What connect artery and veins?

The capillary beds in the tissues, where they connect the arterioles and venules together, which then fuse to form the arteries and veins.


What does a capillary lead into?

Capillaries lead to the smallest venules. The capillaries connect arteries and veins.


What are the smallest vessels that connect veins arteries?

Capillaries


What is a tiny blood vessel that connects in arteriole to a venule?

The blood vessels in between arteries and veins are the capillaries. But, they do not link them together, rather, they both have openings, through their capillaries, into the interstitial space which is the space between the cells of the tissues of the body.


What are the tiny blood vessels that carry blood to and from almost all body cells and connect arteries and veins?

They are called capillary vessels. Some are so narrow that hemoglobin cells have to queue to go through them.


What is the most common external type of bleeding?

Capillary


Which is thicker an artery or a capillary?

a capillary


What is capillary reabsorption?

fluid entering the capillary


What blood vessel connects the artery and vein?

The capillaries are the blood vessels that connect arteries and veins. Capillaries are the site of gas exchange in the body.