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| Have a narrow central lumen so blood is under high pressure |
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| When the smooth middle muscular layer of the arterioles contract to control blood flow |
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| When the smooth middle muscular layer of the arterioles dilate to control blood flow |
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| Made of a single layer of epithelium cells |
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| Contain valves which prevent blood flowing backwards |
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| A watery yellow fluid containing blood cells, glucose, amino acids and other proteins |
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| A watery yellow fluid that does not contain proteins |
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| Substances such as glucose and oxygen |
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| Diffuse from tissue fluid into cells |
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| Substances such as CO2 and wastes |
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| Diffuse out of the cells into tissue fluid |
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| Returns to the blood in the capillaries at the venule side of the capillary bed |
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| Is absorbed by lymphatic vessels and is now called lymph |
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| Returns lymph fluid to the circulatory system |
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