| Value |
6000
cm^2
Range: Table - link cm^2
|
| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Lauralee Sherwood, Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems, Wadsworth publishing company 3rd edition 1997, p.311 table 10-1 & p.323 figure 10-16 - link |
| Comments |
"Note that the velocity of flow is slowest in the capillaries, which have the largest total cross-sectional area...Even though the cross-sectional area of each capillary is extremely small compared to that of the large aorta, the total cross-sectional area of all the capillaries added together is about 1,300 times greater than the cross-sectional area of the aorta because there are so many capillaries (table 10-1 BNID 110560)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110559 |