the fact that the velocity of blood flow speeds up when the blood moves from the arterioles into the capillaries.

the active transport of non-lipid soluble substances across the capillary wall.

the free movement of water and small solutes out of and in to the capillaries through numerous small pores in the capillary wall.

the process whereby lipid soluble substances such as oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged between the tissue cells and the blood in the capillaries.