alleryStart learning →Blood passes from the smallest arteries to the smallest veins through very thin vessels. What are these vessels called?
AVentricles
BTendons
CCapillaries
DValves
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Capillaries
Arteries branch into arterioles and then into capillaries, which merge to form venules and veins.
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