Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780073403700
Author: Kenneth S. Saladin Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 4TYR
A circulatory pathway in which the blood flows through two capillary beds in series before it returns to the heart is called
- an arteriovenous anastomosis.
- an arterial anastomosis.
- a venous anastomosis.
- a venous return pathway.
- a portal system.
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