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How can a cubic millimeter contain 230 millimeters of blood vessels?
by z3t4 2y ago
How can a cubic millimeter contain 230 millimeters of blood vessels?
- cnity 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve
- throwaway11460 2y agoThe same way your <2 meters body can contain 6 meters of intestines.
- Brian_K_White 2y agoHow can a cubic foot contain 230 feet of string?
- badcppdev 2y agoSome excellent sibling replies but I think you've nailed it in terms of something that's easy to visualise
- pfdietz 2y agoThe same way each of your cells contains 2 meters of DNA.
- easeout 2y agoThey're thin.
- lab14 2y agoSame way your lungs have the surface area of a tennis court
- hwillis 2y agoCapillaries are around the same width as the central bodies (soma) of neurons