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Like all cells in our bodies, the cells in our eyes require oxygen and nutrients, and they need to eliminate waste. For many animals, transporting oxygen, nutrients, and cellular wastes is done using the blood vessels. So it only makes sense that we would have blood vessels in our eyes.

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