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Capillaries Are the Vessels with the Smallest Diameter, Yet They

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Capillaries are the vessels with the smallest diameter, yet they offer less resistance to flow than the arterioles. How can these facts be reconciled, given that resistance (R) is inversely proportional to the radius raised to the 4th power (r4)?

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