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Is a vein a small blood vessel that delivers oxygen and other nutrients to cells?
No, a Capillary is a small blood vessel that delivers oxygen and other nutrients to cells.
Where does nutrients enters the blood?
Nutrients are absorbed by the blood vessel in the small intestines. Special cells in the small intestines are facilitate this movement.
What do arteriolie's do?
They are a very small and narrow blood vessel. Smaller than an artery, they carry blood to the capillaries which carry blood to the cells of the body.
Small blood vessel connecting arteries and veins that allows the exchange of gases and nutrientd bteween the cells and the blood?
Capillary vessels.
Lumen is the size of red blood cells?
Lumen refers to the inner space within a tubular structure such as a blood vessel or intestine, through which substances pass. It is not a measure of size like red blood cells but rather the open space within the structure. Red blood cells are typically around 6-8 micrometers in diameter, much larger than the lumen of small blood vessels.
What is a small vessel that delivers blood to the capillaries?
arteriole
What is an example of blood cells?
blood cells are small and red
Which blood vessel is small in body?
The smallest blood vessels in the body are capillaries, whose lumens can be as small as one blood cell thick in some areas.
Why red blood cells do not contain blood vessels?
Red blood cells are too small to contain blood vessels. They are cells and they travel in blood vessels.
Where does food enter the blood vessel?
in the intestines and in the liver, the latter being stored glucoses.
How is blood removed from a Human in hospital?
Usually by a needle. A small jab to a finger tip for a small sample, and a bigger to a blood vessel for a larger sample.
What blood vessels pick up nutrients in the small intestine?
The blood vessel called the mesentery is usually rich in nutrients that is absorbed from the small intestines.
