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What are capillaries

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Basically like a "branch" of blood vessels connecting from the arterioles to the venules.
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Capillaries are the smallest of all your blood vessels, only visible under a microscope. They link the arterioles to the venules. Capillaries were discovered by Marcello Malphigi in 1661. There are 10 billion capillaries in your body.

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