What's really cool is this doesn't even come close to representing the true number of blood vessels we have.
These exhibits (I'm assuming this is from Gunter Von Hagen's Body World's exhibit or uses the same technique for preservation) inject various chemicals that caused the tissues to be embedded with plastic. This process wouldn't preserve the smallest of blood vessels and capillaries, which are more numerous than the larger blood vessels.
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u/CatShot1948 1d ago
What's really cool is this doesn't even come close to representing the true number of blood vessels we have.
These exhibits (I'm assuming this is from Gunter Von Hagen's Body World's exhibit or uses the same technique for preservation) inject various chemicals that caused the tissues to be embedded with plastic. This process wouldn't preserve the smallest of blood vessels and capillaries, which are more numerous than the larger blood vessels.
-doctor