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Capillaries

The smallest vessels in the circulatory system that are located within the tissues of the body, they transfer blood from the arteries, through the tissues to drop of nutrients and pick up waste and back to the veins.

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What causes oxygen to enter and carbon dioxide to leave the capillaries?

Oxygen and carbon dioxide get into and out of cells via diffusion. The gases diffuse across the thin capillary wall, and then diffuse across the cell membrane.

What happens if the capillaries get cut?

you become ugly like yourself and a dead goal keeper

What are the capillaries inside of the villi what purpose do they serve?

The nutrients that are absorbed through the wall of the small intestine get absorbed by the capillary network within the villi and they will come together to form the hepatic portal vein that goes directly to the liver for processing.

Why are capillaries and not arteries or veins found in alveoli nephrons and villi?

vessel walls must be thin to allow ease to transfer of molecules to these tissues i had this on a test and i got it right :)

What is surrounded by capillaries?

You didn't finish your question so we don't know what you're asking. Surround what?

What is the type of transport that oxygen move from the alveoli into the pulmonary capillary blood?

Oxygen diffuses from the alveoli into the blood due to higher PO2 (partial pressure of oxygen) levels in the alveoli than in the blood.

Why are veins thinner than capillaries?

it has many more capillaries...if you were to wrap all of your capillaries around earth it would wrap around twice

What is the gradient called that is the driving force for the movement of water and dissolved solutes from the arterial ends of blood capillaries?

The blood pressure in the capillaries at arterial end is about 25 to 30 mm of Mercury. The oncotic pressure of the plasma proteins is about 22 mm of mercury. So there is net force, which drives out the fluid in the interstitial space. The fluid is sucked back at the venous end of the capillaries by the oncotic pressure of the plasma proteins. It should be called as pressure gradient.

How does oxygen enter the capillaries?

Oxygen enter the capillaries by diffusion due to difference in oxygen concentrations.

What layer of skin are capillaries in?

The capillaries are contained within the dermis and and nutrients that the epidermis requires diffuses up to it.

Why sickle cells block the capillaries?

The 6 amino acid in the hemoglobin beta chain is different than that of a normal hemoglobin protein. This causes the hemoglobin protein to change shape, and if a protein changes shape it also changes function. These proteins have more hydrophobic areas that link together to form chains. It is these chains that causes the blood cell to become sickle in shape. These blood cells are hard and more sharp on these edges, while normal blood cells appear as if they a soft dougnuts. When normal blood cells travel through blood vessels they sometimes bounce off the vessel walls, this is also true for sickle cells but instead of bouncing off they become inbedded in the vessel wall. over time other sickle cells pile up on the original sickle cell eventually blocking the vessel completely.

What are the valves in the veins called?

To prevent back flow of blood as the blood pressure in veins is greatly decreased compared to artieries

What organ does oxygen pass from into capillaries?

It is the heart that pumps fresh oxygen in the blood.

What does a capillary lead into?

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

How does the structure help the capillaries do their job?

There are three layers to the walls of an artery or vein. The Tunica Adventitia, the Tunica Media, and the Tunica Intima.

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