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Capillaries allow the exchange of substances between the blood and the cells. They can do this because they have 'leaky walls' which let substances in and out. For instance food is supplied to the cells and carbon dioxide comes out of the cells to be taken away.

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What substances come out of the blood in the exchange at capillaries?

Oxygen and nutrients are delivered from the blood to tissues, and waste products such as carbon dioxide and metabolic byproducts are removed from tissues and transferred into the blood in the exchange at capillaries.


What blood vessels do the exchange of gases occur?

the blood vessel which allows gas exchange to occur is the capillaries


What most important thing happens in the capillaries?

materials exchange between blood cells and blood


Does the exchange of substances happen next to the blood capillaries?

this is a false statement blood capillaries do not exchange in diffrent part of your body


Capillaries connect what?

Capillaries connect small arteries to small veins. Capillaries are the site of gas exchange.


What do capillaries exchange?

Capillaries exchange food, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.


Why are capillaries important to the human body?

Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the body and they connect arterioles (small arteries) to venules (small veins). Capillaries are the site of gas and nutrient/waste exchange between the blood and the surrounding tissues.


Where does the exchange of wastes occur in the body?

Exchange of wastes occur's in Capillaries.


What process takes place at the capillaries and how are capillaries suited for this process?

exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place in the capillaries


What process takes place at the capillaries How the capillaries suited for this place?

exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place in the capillaries


What is the work of capillaries?

allow gaseous exchange


What is the work of the capillaries?

allow gaseous exchange