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Elephantiasis is an infectious disease in which blockage of the circulatory system by microscopic, parasitic roundworms results in a dramatic swelling of the tissues in the lower half of the body. What region is most likely blocked by these small, thread-like worms?

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Elephantiasis is an infectious disease in which blockage of the circulatory ... parasitic roundworms results in a dramatic swelling of the tissues in the lower half of the body. What region of the circulatory system is most likely blocked by these small, ... bodiesE.baroreceptors in the arch of the aorta and in the carotid arteries 27.

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