1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
lara [203]
3 years ago
8

What would most likely happen if capillaries had thick walls and large diameters?

Biology
1 answer:
bogdanovich [222]3 years ago
5 0
If capillaries had thick walls and large diameters, it would be much harder for diffusion to occur. Capillaries are usually thin so that it is easy for gases, nutrients, and wastes to diffuse in and out of the blood. If they were thicker, this diffusion would be much more difficult.
You might be interested in
An element may have more than one isotope if the atoms have different numbers of
lesantik [10]
B. Neutrons —///—:/—
7 0
3 years ago
Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called
Leni [432]
Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called SATELLITE. <span>There are two basic types of satellite, natural and artificial satellites. Natural satellites are those that occur naturally such as the moon and the earth while artificial satellites refers to man made satellites. Man made satellites are usually designed for collection of data and for communication. Artificial satellites have the ability to collect more information in a very short time compared to ground instruments. There are many different types of artificial satellites in space.</span><span />
4 0
3 years ago
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) commonly causes hypogammaglobulinemia. this makes clients with cll more susceptible to infect
andrew-mc [135]

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia or the CLL  is among the most common type of leukemia affecting the adults. The lymphocytic leukemia starts in the lymphocytes. Lymphocytic leukemia is different from the lymphoma (which also occur in the lymphocytes) as it only occurs in the bone marrow and the blood. The person suffering from CLL is susceptible to an array of infections. Among the various infectious agents, the CLL patient is the most susceptible to the Staphylococcus aureus. This agent causes skin infections, pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome and many other life threatening diseases. The person becomes susceptible to its attack as the immunity of his is weakened beacuse of the damage to the lymphoctic cells.

3 0
3 years ago
Humans contract bacterial infections such as tuberculosis or syphilis. what is this ecological relationship called?
Mrrafil [7]

Parasitism

Parasitism can be defined as a relationship between species in which one organism (parasite) lives on or in another organism which is the host, causing it some harm without immediately killing it. Thus, parasitism is a kinds of close, symbiosis and persistent biological interactions.

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
The genetic code is based upon the reading of how many bases at a time?
Degger [83]
The genetic code is based upon reading 3 bases at a time

there are 4 nucleotides bases in DNA and 20 amino acids .
In order to incorporate all the amino acids we consider 3 bases in genetic code
4 x 4 x 4 = 64

if we would take 2 bases -
4x4 = 16 that would leave out 4 amino acids without a code .
4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Which term describes this diagram?
    8·2 answers
  • What is the main difference between muscle cells and nerve cells?
    5·1 answer
  • How could you develop a procedure to identify cancerous tissue by counting the number of cells undergoing mitosis?
    5·1 answer
  • The large increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide in the last 50 years most likely comes from...
    13·1 answer
  • What will a hypothesis become if supported by repeated expermentation
    13·2 answers
  • A cardiac researcher is trying to determine if a pattern of very high blood cholesterol is genetic in a group of Pennsylvania Du
    7·1 answer
  • What prescription medicine interactions make mdma usage dangerous
    13·1 answer
  • What's a quote in the poem "two kinds" that encouraging
    10·1 answer
  • Which statement is true about body systems in an organism?
    8·1 answer
  • Computerized physician/provider order entry, or cpoe, is a process that helps prevent _____.
    8·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!