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Does the blood enter either arteries capillaries or veins at high pressure?
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∙ 16y ago
arteries, as the arteries take blood away from the heart, and to carry the blood all the way around the body the blood needs to be travelling at a high pressure.
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∙ 16y ago
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What is the blood pressure when blood leaves the small arteries and enters the capillaries?
The blood pressure is usually high when blood leaves the small arteries and enters the capillaries.
What is the pressure when the blood leaves the small arteries and enters the Capillaries?
The blood pressure is usually high when blood leaves the small arteries and enters the capillaries.
Name three blood vessels?
the three blood vessels are the Veins capillaries Arteries the arteries.
Does pressure drop when blood moves from arteries to veins?
Yes. Blood always flows from a higher pressure to a lower pressure, so as the blood moves from the arteries through the capillaries and into the veins pressure drops considerably.
Where do capillaries get blood from?
Arteries go to arterioles, then the capillaries Arteries
What is the vessel that takes blood from the arteries to capillaries?
Arterioles take blood from the arteries to the capillaries. Venules take blood from the capillaries to the veins.
What are the tubes called that blood travels around the body in?
They are called blood vessels. The types of blood vessels are veins, arteries, and capillaries.
What are the kinds of blood vessels?
Capillaries, arteries, and veins are the kinds of blood vessels.
What does aterioles do?
Arterioles transport blood from Arteries to the Capillaries. They also act as the main regulators of blood flow and pressure.
What can happen to smaller capillaries and arteries if the blood pressure is too high?
Heart attack, or stroke.
These carry blood from the heart to the capillaries?
The arteries transport blood to the capillaries.
What Small blood vessels connect the arteries?
Arteries - > Arterioles -> Capillaries
