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• extremely thin walls consisting of a single layer of endothelial cells • allow for the exchange of materials between the blood and the tissue fluid surrounding the body cells |
Capillaries |
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• are the smallest veins • they collect the deoxygenated blood from the cells for transport back to the heart • they Branch into larger vessels known as veins |
Venules |
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• have thinner walls then the arteries but thicker walls than the capillaries • they transport the blood from the venules to the heart |
Veins |
