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The walls of arteries are composed of muscle which allows the artery to widen or narrow so as to control blood pressure within.
Veins have little one way valves in them to keep blood moving in one direction only. Blood in veins is under not much pressure wheras blood in arteries is under much more pressure as this blood has just been pumped by the heart.
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Does the artery have smooth muscles or the veins?
artery
What are the different kinds of blood vessel?
artery, vein, arterioles, venules, capillaries
What is different from a artery and a vein?
arteries carry oxygenated blood and veins carry deoxygenated blood
When you injure ourselves where does the blood come from veins or arteries?
Mostly veins or tiny artery's. If you cut an artery you will have a pulsating bleeding
Is the artery bigger than a vein?
No the veins are bigger than the artery
Which is biggest arterys or veins?
artery
What is between the artery and veins?
Capillars
The greatest drop in blood pressure occurs in the?
the veins
How are the jobs of a vein and an artery the same and different?
veins take bloodfrom your haert to yourbodyartery takes boold to your haert
What does the artery vein vein do?
there is no such animal as an artery vein.... you have artery and you have veins... no vessel is both, unless used in a CABG.
What are the artiries and veins that lead to the kidney?
The left and right renal arteries and veins branch off from the abdominal aorta.
What makes a vein different from an artery in terms of the structure?
The artery has more muscle, media layer. This is used for contraction. The veins have little muscle layer, but have valves to prevent back flow.
