Question

question 23 1.67 pts gas, nutrient, and waste exchange occur between the________ and the tissues of the body. veins capillaries and arteries arteries capillaries capillaries and veins

Explanation:

Capillaries are the smallest blood - vessels with thin walls that allow for the exchange of gases (such as oxygen and carbon dioxide), nutrients, and waste products between the blood and the body's tissues. Veins and arteries are not the primary sites for such exchange. Arteries carry oxygen - rich blood away from the heart and veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

Answer:

D. capillaries