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The arteries carry de oxygenated blood out of the heart into the lungs and the veins bring oxygenated blood into the heart, ready for circulation of the body.
The difference is that arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood towards the heart.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoYou will often be able to distinguish arteries and veins, especally when they run together, as they usually do. Arteries have thicker walls and tend to have narrower lumens. They have to constrict and dilate to control how much blood flows where, and they must bear the powerful force generated by the heart. Because of the large amount of muscle in their walls, they are usually round when cut in cross-section. Veins have thinner walls and tend to have wider lumens. They have to store blood, and need muscle only to push the blood back to the heart. Because the walls are collapsable, they may change shape depending on the surrounding tissue conditions.
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∙ 12y agoVeins and Arteries are the pathway for our blood and other chemicals such as carbon dioxide. They allow various cells, proteins, chemicals, compounds and other such things to be passed around our body increasing efficiency.
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∙ 15y agoveins are blood vessel carrying blood toward the heart; postnatally, all veins except the pulmonary carry dark unoxygenated blood.
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∙ 14y agoVeins and venules carry blood around the body.
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∙ 13y agoArteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood toward the heart.
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There is no portal artery. A portal vein connects one capillary bed to a second capillary bed. (in series)
Is the aorta an artery or a vein?
it is a VEIN <3
What is the opposite of vein?
Artery.
What does the artery vein vein do?
there is no such animal as an artery vein.... you have artery and you have veins... no vessel is both, unless used in a CABG.
Is the jugular a vein or artery?
It's a vein. The artery going to your head is the carotid artery.
What veins and arteries travel through the renal sinus?
segmental artery, renal artery, renal vein, arcule vein, interlobular vein, interlobular artery
Is Artery more thicker than vein?
the wall of an artery is usuallythicker that the wall of a vein.
What is wider artery a vein or capillary?
artery
Which bleeds more artery or vein?
Yes, because there is more pressure in the artery than in the vein so the artery has to be big enough to hold the pressure that's inside it.
Why pulmonary is an artery rather than vein?
in our body there are both, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein
List at least ten major vessels in the circulatory system?
Some of the vessels are the basilar artery, internal carotid artery, external carotid artery,, external jugular vein, internal jugular vein, vertebral arteries, common carotid arteries, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, heart, celiac trunk, hepatic vein, renal veins, gonadal vein, common iliac vein, common iliac artery, internal iliac artery, and internal iliac vein. Other vessels are great saphenous vein, femoral artery, femoral vein, popliteal artery, popliteal vein, and small saphenous vein.
Is the coronary sulcus a vein or an artery?
simple it is an artery
