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How many miles of blood vessels are contained in the body?

If they could be laid end to end, the blood vessels would cover a distance of about 60,000 miles (96,500 kilometers).

Sources: Vogel, Steven. Vital Circuits, pp. 15-16; World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 2, p. 424.

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