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The heart pushes blood to your body through the arteries. The blood returns through the veins. The large, flexible artery into which the heart pumps is the aorta.
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What oxygen pushes blood through your body?
Oxygen does not push blood through the body, the heart does.
Which muscles contract to push blood through the circulatory system?
The heart itself is a muscle that contracts to push blood through the circulatory system. In addition, the arteries also contract to help in pushing the blood along.
What is the function of the atrium in the heart?
The atriums push blood through the heart, and to the other chambers (specifically the ventricles).
How does your heart pump blood?
arteries in your heart push together and push the blood to your veins
How does youre heart blood?
arteries in your heart push together and push the blood to your veins
How do veins carry blood cells through your body?
The body will use gravity and use other things such asmuscles to push the blood up or down. Your veins expand and contract to push the blood farther down the vein's Also your heart will beat pushing the blood out and down your vein's It will also suck the blood in the heart causing your veins to push up the blood. The heart will clean the blood befor it goes back in to the heart.
What carries the blood toward the heart?
Veins are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart.
What 3 things that help push blood through veins?
Some things that push blood through veins is blood pressure (even though it is rather low), muscle movements and even breathing helps. The valves do help but they do not push, they just keep the blood from either pooling in the vein or going backwards.
What causes the movement of blood through the veins?
The pressure your heart creates by pulsing, pumps blood through the veins
How does the heart helps in the distribution of the blood throughout the body?
The heart does not just "help"- it is the primary force to push blood through the arteries to all parts of the body. It is a pump.
How does the heart help in the distribution of the blood throughout the body?
The heart does not just "help"- it is the primary force to push blood through the arteries to all parts of the body. It is a pump.
What causes blood to flow through the heart?
The blood flows to and from the heart primarily because of the relaxing and contracting of the heart muscle. Muscles throughout the body also exert pressure on blood vessels to literally push blood to the heart. the relaxing and contracting of the heart muscle
