Blood leaves the heart in arteries at very high pressure. Once the blood has gone through the capillaries and entered the veins, the pressure is lower, because the blood has travelled further. Veins are adapted for this decrease in pressure in two main ways. Firstly, they have a larger lumen relative to that of arteries, to allow more blood through in a given time. Secondly, veins have valves to prevent the backflow of blood; this is especially necessary in the legs, where venal blood is travelling against gravity.
veins
No, veins are not under high pressure. High-pressure vessels are the arteries.
Veins contract and expand in response to blood pressure.
the veins
The pressure your heart creates by pulsing, pumps blood through the veins
they enter the blue veins
Palmately veins
yes they do
Throbing veins
Veins have valves in them which help transport the blood.
Blood flow is faster in arteries than in veins. Blood flow in veins is lower pressure.
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.