Three tissues–________, ________, and ________–do NOT have traditional capillaries. Instead, they have modified vessels called ________ that are (wider/narrower) than a capillary.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
the bone marrow, the liver, the spleen; sinusoids, wider
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