follows:1. In the brain, the juncti

follows:1. In the brain, the junctions between the capillary endothelial cells are mainly “tight” junctions that allow only extremely small molecules such as water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide to pass into or out of the brain tissues.2. In the liver, the opposite is true. The clefts between the capillary endothelial cells are wide open so that almost all dissolved substances of the plasma, including the plasma proteins, can pass from the blood into the liver tissues.3. The pores of the gastrointestinal capillary membranes are midway in size between those of the muscles and those of the liver.4. In the glomerular capillaries of the kidney, numerous small oval windows called fenestrae penetrate all the way through the middle of the endothelial cells so that tremendous amounts of small molecular and ionic substances (but not the large molecules of the plasma proteins) can filter through the glomeruli without having to pass through the clefts between the endothelial cells.