Blood Capillaries vs. Lymph Capillaries
Blood capillaries and lymph capillaries are crucial components of the circulatory and lymphatic systems, respectively, playing distinct yet complementary roles in maintaining physiological balance within the body. While both types of capillaries facilitate the exchange of fluids, nutrients, and waste products between the bloodstream or lymphatic system and surrounding tissues, they differ in structure, function, and the substances they transport. This introductory paragraph sets the stage for an exploration of the similarities and differences between blood capillaries and lymph capillaries, shedding light on their vital contributions to overall health and homeostasis.
Questions
- What is the colour of oxygen-poor blood?
- What is the main purpose of circulation?
- What are the components that make up the blood?
- How do lymph capillaries differ from blood capillaries?
- What is the liquid part of the blood?
- What causes blood capillaries to burst?
- Why is it correct to call red blood cells living cells?
- What makes blood types different?
- What gives blood its red color?
- Why is blood drawn from vein and not from artery during blood donation?
- Why veins are visible through the skin ?
- What is the function of the blindspot in an eye?
- Which artery supplies the frog's head with oxygenated blood?
- A blood stem cell can differentiate into only different types of blood cells. What kind of stem cell is this?
- Do arteries have valves in their lumen?
- Left ventricle of heart has thicker wall, and it pumps blood in aorta under high pressure but it is not so in case of right ventricle. Why is it so?
- The speed of blood in capillaries is 1mm/min how will it be converted into m /sec?
- Which of the following may have least amount of urea? A)vena cava B) pulmonary vein C) renal vein D) hepatic portal vein
- Do veins transport deoxygenated blood?
- How blood leaving the glomerulus will differ from entering it?