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Human Body

Blood and Circulation

How many miles of blood vessels are contained in the body?

If they could be laid end to end, the blood vessels—arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins—would span about 60,000 miles (96,500 kilometers). This would be enough to encircle the earth more than two times.



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