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Arteries carry blood away from the heart to body tissues. Capillaries are present near almost every body cell, and they are known as exchange vessels because they permit the exchange of nutrients and wastes between the body's cells and the blood. Veins are the blood vessesl that convey blood from the tissues back to the heart.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y ago1. Arteries have a thicker wall than veins.
2. Arteries have a narrower lumen than veins.
3. Veins have valves whereas arteries don't.
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An artery carries blood away from the heart, while veins transport blood to the heart.
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∙ 14y agoAorta and other arteries carry oxygenated blood AWAY from the heart to different parts of the body except for pulmonary artery, which is the only artery that carries unoxygenated blood. Veins, on the other hand, carry unoxygenated blood from different body parts TO the heart except for pulmonary vein.
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∙ 12y agoArteries carry blood from the heart. They are mainly oxygen rich (not always!)
Veins carry blood to the heart. They are mainly oxygen poor (not always!)
Arteries are thicker because they have to deal with higher blood pressures
Veins are thinner, lower pressures.
Capillaries are vessels made of epithelial tissues. They are thin to allow gas exchange.
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Nicu Ryo Anle Banes
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∙ 14y agoCapillaries differ from veins and arteries in that they are smaller in diameter.
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Which vessels branch from arteries?
The branches from arteries are arterioles and then into capillaries.
Why do most tissues have a greater supply of capillaries than veins and arteries?
Capillaries service cells, arteries and veins transport blood to and from capillaries, respectively.
What is it called when arteries and veins are together?
Capillaries
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.
Microscopic vessels that carry blood from small arteries to small veins are?
Capillaries are the microscopic blood vessels that connect small arteries to small veins. Blood exchange takes place in capillaries.
Name three blood vessels?
the three blood vessels are the Veins capillaries Arteries the arteries.
What structures connect the smallest arteries with the smallest veins?
Capillaries are the structures that connect arteries to veins.
What are the names of the 3 blood vessles?
Arteries, capillaries, & veins.
What is the blood vessel connecting capillaries to arteries?
Venules, they are smaller and thinner than veins.
What are the three types of blood vesel in the body?
Arteries, veins, capillaries.
What is the smallest of the three veins capillaries and arteries?
Capillaries. They are the microscopic tubes that connect the veins and the arteries.
Which vessels branch from arteries?
The branches from arteries are arterioles and then into capillaries.
What are the kinds of blood vessels?
Capillaries, arteries, and veins are the kinds of blood vessels.
What are the similarities between arteries and capillaries and veins?
Veins, capillaries and arteries is that they are all stops for blood.
What vessels that connect arteries to veins?
Capillaries
Why do most tissues have a greater supply of capillaries than veins and arteries?
Capillaries service cells, arteries and veins transport blood to and from capillaries, respectively.
What are the three kinds of blood vessels?
Arteries, Capillaries, and Veins are three kinds of blood vessels.
