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THE MIRACLE OF THE
BLOOD AND HEART

body's capillaries, some visible only under a microscope, is
60,000 kilometers (37,280 miles). 100 Their total surface area is
almost 8,000 square meters (3.1 square miles). In the lungs
alone, there are 300 million capillaries. If were laid out, end to
end, they would stretch for 2,400 kilometers (1,491 miles). 101
The length of the capillaries in the brain is around 650 kilome-

ters (403 miles). That, for example, is the distance between the

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