Whichone of the following statements about capillaries is most likely tobe false

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Whichone of the following statements about capillaries is most likely tobe false? Whichone of the following statements about capillaries is most likely tobe false? Answer a. Normally,the volume of fluid entering a capillary bed from its arterioles isequal to the volume of fluid leaving a capillary bed in its venulesplus the volume of lymphatic fluid produced. That is, fluidentering = (fluid leaving + lymphatic fluid). b. Alongthe length of a typical capillary, the volume of fluid leaking outis the same as the volume of fluid leaking in. c. Undernormal, resting conditions, most of the capillaries in the body donot have blood flowing through them. d. Bloodpressure at the upstream end of a capillary is higher than bloodpressure at the downstream end of the same capillary.

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c. Under normal, resting conditions, most of the capillaries in the body do not have blood flowing through them.

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