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Arteries and Arterioles carry oxygenated blood AWAY from the heart TO the body.

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Do arteries carry blood from capillaries to the heart?

Arterioles carry blood in the direction away from the heart. The order of vessels from the heart is: arteries>arterioles>capillaries>venules>veins.


Does capilliries carry blood away from the heart?

No arteries do, these then lead into arterioles and into capilliaries.


How do you distinguish between arterioles and venules?

Arterioles are small blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the capillaries, while venules are small blood vessels that collect deoxygenated blood from the capillaries and carry it back to the heart. Arterioles typically have thicker walls and are more muscular than venules to help regulate blood flow and pressure, while venules have thinner walls and lower pressure.


How did you distinguish between arterioles and venules when you observed the vessels in the frog's foot?

Arterioles are smaller vessels that carry blood away from the heart, while venules are smaller vessels that carry blood back to the heart. By observing the direction of blood flow and the presence of valves (which venules have), one can distinguish between arterioles and venules in the frog's foot vasculature.


Do veins carry away blood from the heart?

No...... Arteries carry blood away from the heart.


What is the Hierarchy of blood vessels?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart and empty into Arterioles which then lead to Capillaries, the blood then begins its return trip to the heart by entering Venules which empty into Veins which return the blood to the heart.ArteriesArteriolesCapillariesVenulesVeins


Do the arterioles send blood to the heart?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart while veins carry blood to the heart. The vena cava (a vein) carries blood to the right atrium, and the pulmonic vein carries blood to the left atrium. If you are talking about the coronary arteries that feed the muscle of the heart, they go to the myocardium.


What direction do the arteries move blood?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry low oxygenated blood back to or towards the heart.


Do artesies carry blood to the heart or away from the heart?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart.


Are blood vessesl that carry blood away from the heart?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart.


What blood vessels help blood travel through the circulatory system?

Carry oxyginated blood to the body, and deoxiginated blood back to the lungs to get oxygen.


Strong elastic blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood back to the heart.