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What is the purpose of valves in blood vessels?
Valves are primarily found in veins. They are important because when blood is returning to the heart from places like the feet, they are moving against gravity. In order to prevent the blood from falling down to the feet as it rises back to the heart, valves are in place in order to prevent the blood from flowing backward.
Which force must the flow of blood overcome as it moves from the feet back up to the heart through the veins?
Gravity
How is blood kept moving in the veins of the legs?
The muscles in your legs help transport blood back to your heart. The veins in your legs also have valves to help this process and prevent blood from flowing back down towards your feet.
What do camels were on there feet?
hooves camels were hooves on their feet because of all the things they step on
How can people with heart condition suffer swollen feet?
You are talking about "heart failure". There are two kinds. Edema (swelling) in the feet happens when the heart is having trouble pumping blood out of the body and to the lungs for oxygenation. Because of this, fluids build up in the extremities. Sometimes the heart has trouble pumping blood out of the lungs and back into the body's general circulation. In this case the build-up of fluid is in the lungs.
What is blood flow from tricuspid valve from feet?
The Tricuspid valve is in the heart, not the feet
How is blood kept moving in large veins of the leg?
The muscles in your legs help transport blood back to your heart. The veins in your legs also have valves to help this process and prevent blood from flowing back down towards your feet.
How far can the heart squirt blood?
30 feet
How far can the heart pump blood?
4 meters Depends on the blood pressure
What pumps blood to the feet?
The same thing that pumps blood to the rest of the body. The heart.
How does blood circulates to the legs?
You have one arm bone and one thigh bone. so you have one artery for the same. you have two forearm bones and two leg bones. So you have two arteries for the same. You are the communicating anastomoses in your hands and feet. You have the superficial and deep veins to carry the blood back to your heart. You have peripheral heart in your calf to push the blood back to your heart in the chest.
What arteries from the heart supplies blood to lower extremidies?
The femoral artery runs from the heart to the feet!
