Nikolas
Created page with "== Structure of the microcirculation == The microcirculation is the blood flow in the smallest vessels, the arterioles, metarterioles, capillaries, and venules. It is at the level of the microcirculation where nutrients and gases are exchanged with the tissues. Blood flows from the arterial system and ends in the arterioles. So-called ''metarterioles'' branch off from the arterioles and connect the arterioles and the venules. Capillaries branch off from the metarteriole..."