is it true that if you put all of the veins in your body in a straight line it goes around the world

Question: is it true that if you put all of the veins in your body in a straight line it goes around the world
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  cardiovascular
Asked by hazzza69 to Ben, James, Jen, Michael, Susanna on 8 Mar 2013.
- Jen Todd Jones answered on 8 Mar 2013:
  
  It is true! And if you all of the nerves (the strings of cells that connect from your brain and spine to your muscles etc.) then it goes around the world more than twice!
- Michael Craig answered on 13 Mar 2013:
  
  Yeah that’s true all you veins, arteries and capilaries could stretch around the world twice!

Question: is it true that if you put all of the veins in your body in a straight line it goes around the world