LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 4CR
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To determine:

The important function and three different types of capillaries.

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Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels which connect arterioles to venules. They do not function independently. They unite together to perform their function and forms a capillary bed.

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