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How do veins arteries and capillaries compared in size within diameter?
arteries are the biggest and capilleries are small,but veins are the same size range with arteries
Heavy walled vessels which bring blood away from the heart?
I have two questions that are almost the same and i dont know with one to answer with arteries. the arteries the arteries the arteries
Is the artery the same size as your vein?
Arteries and veins can be different sizes, because large arteries branch into smaller arteries, which branch into capillaries. These capillaries branch into small veins, which branch into large veins. So yes, they can be (and usually are) the same size if (I am surmising this) they are the same distance from the capillaries.
What is attached to the heart and what are their jobs?
Arteries and veins. They are Tubes which take blood to and from the rest of the body.
Why is it possible for diffusion to take place at the capillaries and not in the arteries and veins?
liquid can leak in and out of capillaries, and arteries and veins have such thick walls, and their jobs are just to bring blood to and from the heart. NO need for diffusion in these.
Name three blood vessels?
the three blood vessels are the Veins capillaries Arteries the arteries.
What are the histological differences between artery and vein?
The tunica media of arteries is larger than that of veins of same size.The tunica adventitia is larger in veins than arteries of same size.
What do arteries and veins drain?
Arteries drain (pump blood) into veins. Veins drain into your lungs and heart to be re-oxygenated. (This is not true for veins and arteries to and from your lungs.)
What is the difference between the blood in the arteries and the blood in the veins?
Veins do not pulsate Arteries pulsate Veins can easily collapse Arteries do not collapse (except in shock) Veins contain valves Blood pressure is low in the veins and higher in the arteries
What material surrounds veins and arteries?
Cellulose is what surronds veins and arteries.
What is the difference between muscle in veins and arteries?
Thee difference between muscle in veins and arteries is that muscles of arteries are thicker compared to those of veins.
What two ways are veins structurally different from arteries?
blood travels away from the heart through arteries and blood travels to the heart through the veins
