Capillaries: Function Anatomy - Cleveland Clinic What are capillaries? Capillaries are delicate blood vessels (tubes that hold blood) throughout your body They bring nutrients and oxygen to cells in your organs and body systems In exchange, they also carry away tissue waste like carbon dioxide
Capillary - Wikipedia There are two types of capillaries: true capillaries, which branch from arterioles and provide exchange between tissue and the capillary blood, and sinusoids, a type of open-pore capillary found in the liver, bone marrow, anterior pituitary gland, and brain circumventricular organs
Structure and Function of Capillaries - Verywell Health Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the body, connecting the smallest arteries to the smallest veins They deliver oxygen and nutrients to cells while removing carbon dioxide to be eliminated from the lungs
Capillary | Blood Vessels, Exchange Function | Britannica Capillary, in human physiology, any of the minute blood vessels that form networks throughout the bodily tissues; it is through the capillaries that oxygen, nutrients, and wastes are exchanged between the blood and the tissues
18. 2F: Capillaries - Medicine LibreTexts Capillaries form a network through body tissues that connects arterioles and venules and facilitates the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste substances between blood and surrounding tissues
Capillaries: Continuous, fenestrated and sinusoidal | Kenhub Capillaries are tiny blood containing structures that connect arterioles to venules They are small enough to penetrate body tissues, allowing oxygen, nutrients, and waste products to be exchanged between tissues and the blood
Capillaries - Physiopedia Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the body, distinguished from other blood vessels by their lack of muscular and elastic tissue