The Heart Is Responsible for Pumping Fluid Through an Extensive

Multiple Choice

The heart is responsible for pumping fluid through an extensive network of vessels divided into an arterial side and a venous side. If the arterial side were impaired, which of the following structures/systems would not be working efficiently?

A) Capillary beds
B) Interstitial spaces where fluid and nutrients leave the capillary beds
C) Reabsorption of by-products of metabolism and fluids
D) The lungs