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Which of the following is NOT a feature of capillaries? capillaries have thin walls capillary epithelium is leaky blood pressure in the capillaries is the lowest in the circulatory system capillaries are narrow (small diameter) 

          Which of the following is NOT a feature of capillaries?
capillaries have thin walls
capillary epithelium is leaky
blood pressure in the capillaries is the lowest in the circulatory system
capillaries are narrow (small diameter)
Which of the following is NOT a feature of capillaries? capillaries have thin walls capillary epithelium is leaky blood pressure in the capillaries is the lowest in the circulatory system capillaries are narrow (small diameter)

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00:01 Hello students in this question we have been asked about capillaries and out of the options which is not a feature capillaries now let's understand what are capillaries now we know that the blood vessels are mainly made of arteries and veins so arteries are comparatively thicker than veins so when arteries reach the specific organ they become more narrow to cover the organ completely and supply it with oxygen and exchange nutrients across the organ so the arteries break out into capillaries which are narrow have smaller density a smaller diameter and thin walls now this is to exchange oxygen with the organ and take out the unwanted products which is then transferred to venules which are the smallest blood vessels in the circulatory system which then converges and forms converges into a vein.
01:51 So this is a rough idea of our circulatory system where capillaries, venules are the smallest one in the circulatory system and then the capillaries.
02:09 Capillaries are usually narrow, have thin walls for the exchange of nutrients and have smaller diameter...
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