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Mosquitoes feed from capillaries because the blood flows more slowly in capillaries, making it easier for the mosquito to extract blood. If they were to feed from an artery, the high pressure of the blood flow would make it difficult for the mosquito to access the blood.
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What kind of vessel gives blood to a capillary?
Either a arteriole on the artery side or a venule on the vein side of the bed.
What is the most common type of blood capillary?
Continuous Capillary :)
What does the common celiac trunk branch into?
Gastric Artery - esophageal branch and hepatic Common Hepatic Artery - Proper hepatic artery, Right Gastric artery and Gastroduodenal artery Splenic Artery - Dorsal pancreatic, short gastric and Left Gastro-omental
What is a capillary melting point?
The sample is placed in a sealed capillary and heated up to the melting.
Capillary rise and fall applications in nature?
Capillary rise in plants helps in the transportation of water from roots to leaves. In insects, capillary action assists in the movement of liquids through small channels like tracheae and tracheoles. In sea sponges, capillary action helps in filtering and absorbing nutrients from water.
Which is thicker an artery or a capillary?
a capillary
What is wider artery a vein or capillary?
artery
What is an aorta a artery vein or capillary?
The aorta is the largest artery.
How do portal vein differ for portal artery is function?
There is no portal artery. A portal vein connects one capillary bed to a second capillary bed. (in series)
What tiny vessel connects an artery to a vien?
a capillary
What is the primary artery that feeds the anterior wall of the heart?
right coronary artery
Tiny blood vessels joining artery with vein?
the smallest blood vessel is the capillary, then the vein, and the artery. (vein and artery depends though because when they diffuse they get smaller and close to the same size) but the smallest will always be the capillary.
What are the tree kinds of blood vessels?
Artery, Vein and Capillary
Who discover artery capillary and vein?
Myrae Ging Bonner
What is a mosquitoes lifecycle?
The adult mosquito lays it's eggs in water. The egg hatches into a larva, and the larva feeds on organisms in the water. Then when the larva matures into a mosquito, the mosquito flies around and feeds on organism's blood.
What structure within a capillary bed shunts blood from arteriole to venule?
Artery -> Arteriole -> Capillary -> Venule -> Vein
Is a bruise more likely to result as the damage of a artery or vein or capillary?
NO
