Submitted by EnchantedCatto t3_117t3ba in askscience
Georgie___Best t1_j9j3r5b wrote
Reply to comment by Krail in when a limb gets amputated, how do they stop the flow of blood? by EnchantedCatto
Capillaries are very small. We are talking of a scale where red blood cells might only fit through single file. At this microscale, diffusion/osmosis are what predominantly facilitates the movement of useful stuff out of the blood and into the extracellular fluid/cells, and waste back into the blood vessels to be taken away.
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