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luvbio

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on: Sep 7, 2013
The set of blood vessels with the slowest velocity of blood flow is
A)  the arteries.
B)  the arterioles.
C)  the metarterioles.
D)  the capillaries.
E)  the veins.


coco

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Reply #1 on: Sep 9, 2013
Choose D

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