The Following Questions Refer to Figure 40.1

question 15

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to Figure 40.1.

Figure 40.1
-Near the goose's abdomen, the consequence of this arrangement of the arterial and venous blood vessels is that

• A)the temperature difference between the vessels is minimized by countercurrent exchange.
• B)the venous blood is as cold near the abdomen as it is near the feet.
• C)the blood in the feet as the same temperature as the blood in the abdomen.
• D)the temperature at the abdomen is less than the temperature at the feet.
• E)the goose loses the maximum possible amount of heat to the environment.

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