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Capillary blood vessels that absorb fluid into the blood. Absorbents were thought to function in opposition to the "exhalents" (the "secretion" blood vessels). The term "absorbents" was sometimes also applied to veins and lymphatic vessels because they both deliver fluid into the arterial system.
Related Subjects
The graph displays the other subjects mentioned on the same pages as the subject "absorbents". If the same subject occurs on a page with "absorbents" more than once, it appears closer to "absorbents" on the graph, and is colored in a darker shade. The closer a subject is to the center, the more "related" the subjects are.