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Cross sectional area of veins is four times that of arteries This large cross sectional area plus large degree of compliance (yielding to pressure) implies that large amounts of blood can be stored in the veins with only minimal increase in pressure.
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Why are veins more numerous than arteries?
Veins have ability to store blood but arteries not so they are more some for blood storage and some for blood transport to right arteria.
Does the liver store excess blood sugar as glycogen?
yes
Is systemic veins considered capacitance vessels?
yes - it means that they store/hold a lot of blood.
What are examples of blood vessels?
Blood vessels:arteries,arterioles,capillaries (smallest blood vessel),venules,and veinsSee related link for more information.
What type of blood vessel carries the blood to the heart?
Veins
What happens when blood pools in the veins?
Varicose veins form when blood pools in the veins.
What return blood to the heart?
Veins return blood to the heart.The pulmonary veins.
What connects blood vessel and the veins?
veins are blood vessels
Why blood is donated from veins?
because you blood is inside your veins.
Can veins store blood?
Cross sectional area of veins is four times that of arteries This large cross sectional area plus large degree of compliance (yielding to pressure) implies that large amounts of blood can be stored in the veins with only minimal increase in pressure.
Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart?
blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart are called veins.
If blood pressure is low in veins how does blood getpumped through the veins back to the heart?
Veins have valves in them which help transport the blood.
