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What are the vessels called that connect the arterioles with the venules?

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Hint blood travels from the heart in arteries ,which branch into smaller and smaller vessels, eventually becoming arterioles which are connected with small blood vessels. These vessels are tiny thin walled and act as the bridge between arteries and veins. And it allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from the blood into tissue.

Complete answer:- To answer this question you must know about blood vessels.
 The heart is a muscular pump that pushes blood through blood vessels around the body and transports nutrients, oxygen and water to the cells and tissues. All cells in the body need the vital nutrients found in the blood without these nutrients to survive. There are three major types of blood vessels: arteries ,veins, and capillaries.
blood vessels flow blood throughout the body. Arteries transport blood away from the heart. Veins return blood back toward the heart. capillaries surround body cells and tissues to deliver and absorb oxygen, nutrients, and other substances. Arteries and veins are connected with capillaries.

After the capillaries release oxygen and other substances from blood into body tissues ,they feed the blood back towards the veins. Blood enters first into the microscopic vein branches called venules . Venules conduct the blood into the veins, which transport it back to the heart through venae cavae. In fact, to prevent a backflow of blood there are valves in the veins.

Note:- The heart beats continuously, pumping more than 14000 liters of blood every day through these blood vessels .These arteries, veins and capillaries make a vast network of pipes. If you were to remove all the blood vessels of the body in a line, they would stretch for nearly 60,000 miles. From this we can circle the earth almost three times.