Arterioles Spend Most of Their Time

question 12

Multiple Choice

Arterioles spend most of their time

• A)contracting and relaxing.
• B)filtering water and solute at one end and reabsorbing water and waste at the other end.
• C)absorbing lymph from the interstitium.
• D)filtering clots out of the blood entering the capillaries.

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