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What Is the Equation of Exchange? What Are the Variables

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What is the equation of exchange? What are the variables in it,and how do they relate to each other?


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Metarterioles

Small blood vessels that function as intermediaries between arterioles and capillaries, controlling blood flow into capillary beds with precapillary sphincters.

Capillary

The smallest blood vessels in the body, which connect arteries and veins, facilitating the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste substances between blood and surrounding tissues.

Inferior Vena Cava

A large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle parts of the body to the right atrium of the heart.

Left Ventricle

The chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it out to the body through the aorta.

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