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Your blood vessels cover over 100,000km (60,000 miles)
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17 January 2022
Your blood vessels cover over 100,000km (60,000 miles)
Blood flows all around your body, through a network of hollow tubes called blood vessels. There are three kinds: arteries, veins and capillaries. If you placed all your blood vessels end-to-end, they would reach more than twice around the world.

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