Blood flows faster in the aorta than in the capillaries because:

  1. capillaries are wider individually
  2. the total cross-sectional area of all capillaries is much larger
  3. the heart stops
  4. blood is compressed
Answer

B) the total cross-sectional area of all capillaries is much larger

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