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Human Body Systems
Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and molecules from food are carried to or from cells of the body by means of the circula…
Item BF136001: Small molecules like amino acids can pass through capillary walls, but large molecules like proteins cannot.
What molecules can pass through the walls of capillaries?
- Both small molecules like amino acids and large molecules like proteins can pass through capillary walls.
- Small molecules like amino acids can pass through capillary walls, but large molecules like proteins cannot.
- Large molecules like proteins can pass through capillary walls, but small molecules like amino acids cannot.
- Neither large molecules like proteins nor small molecules like amino acids can pass through capillary walls.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1467 |
6–8 n = 865 |
9–12 n = 591 |
Male n = 707 |
Female n = 734 |
English n = 1340 |
Other n = 85 |
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| A. | 27% | 28% | 26% | 28% | 27% | 27% | 29% |
| B. | 45% | 43% | 47% | 43% | 46% | 45% | 44% |
| C. | 16% | 17% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 15% |
| D. | 12% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 12% |