The smallest blood vessels They form a fine network permeating the body's tissue
The smallest blood vessels Oxygen and nutrients leave the bloodstream through capillaries to get into the body Gases from the alveoli enter the bloodstream through capillaries in the lungs
any of the minute blood vessels, averaging 0 008 millimeter in diameter, carrying blood and forming the capillary system Capillaries connect the ends of the smallest arteries with the beginnings of the smallest veins
Small, narrow blood vessels that form bridges between arteries, which carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, and veins, which bring oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart Capillaries carry blood to and from cells in the body, allowing for exchange of oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide, and cell waste
Very small blood vessels which remove waste from and provide oxygen and nutrients to body cells
[from the Latin capillus, hair]: The tiny, often microscopic, vessels which nourish the tissues and transfer blood from the arteries to the veins
Capillaries, the smallest blood vessels in the body, form a network that allows blood and cells to exchange substances (such as oxygen)
tiny blood vessels that form the most distal part of the circulatory system Arteries branch into ever smaller vessels, finally ending in the capillaries, which connect with the smallest branches of the veins Capillaries deliver oxygen and nutrients to and remove waste products from the body's cells