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What blood vessel carries blood from the heart from the body?

With the exception of the vessels going to and from the lungs, veins carry blood to the heart from the body.


What is the rupture of a blood vessel?

If a blood vessel ruptures, it has developed a leak. In an artery (going away from the heart) the blood will leak much faster than in a vein (going back to the heart).


What is hemostatic?

The word hemostatic means that blood has stopped. Usually it is used when blood is stopped from going to a damaged blood vessel.


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How does smooth muscle make blood vessels function?

Smooth muscle is mostly in the afferent branch going from the arteries to the arterioles. The body controls where blood will flow by controlling the vessel diameter. An increase in sympathetic tone constricts smooth muscle, decreases blood vessel diameter, and limits blood flow.


What does blood carry to the lungs?

Blood carries carbon dioxide, oxygen and food to the lungs. Some have a misconception that blood ONLY carries carbon dioxide to the lungs, which is wrong. We do not use up a lot of oxygen from what we breathe in; we only use about 23.8% to carry out respiration.


What are the names of the tubes going and coming from heart?

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Vessels that carry oxygenated blood from heart to the organs?

The vessels that carry blood to the heart are called veins and the vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called arteries.Arteries Always carry blood Away from the heart. Most are oxygenated except the pulmonary arteries which are low in oxygen and are going to the lungs to pick up oxygen.


What is the name of the vessel that brings blood to the heart?

The vessels that bring blood back to the heart are called the veins.The vessel that brings blood back to the heart is the vein. The major blood vessels include the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary veins.---- == == VeinBlue blood...veins are the blood vessels that carry the oxygen-poor or blue blood from the body towards the heart.


How do you differentiate either vein or artery?

That depends on where the blood is going. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins bring it back.


Is there any instance in which an artery may carry deoxygenated blood?

yes. the arteries going from the heart to the lungs contain deoxygenized blood


Why do the capillaries have holes?

So it carries blood in the body. If it has no holes how is it going to carry the blood with oxygen, CO2 and nutrients to the cells in your body?