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Arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
Veins are the blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart.
2 Pulmonary arteries that carry De oxygenated blood to the right and left lung.
Aorta that carry oxygenated blood to the rest of the parts of the body other than the lungs.
4 Pulmonary veins that bring oxygenated blood to the heart from the lungs.
Superior and inferior Vena cava that bring oxygenated blood to the heart from the upper and lower parts of the human body respectively.
In addition the carotid artery which branches from the aorta supplies oxygenated blood to the heart wall.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe veins and arteries in your heart are the tubes that your blood goes through. Your veins take blood out of the heart while arteries put it back in
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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.)
How does blood move in artery veins?
The heart pumps it. When your heart beats it squeezes blood in the heart into the arteries and from the arteries to the veins and from the veins back into the heart.
Where is the pushing force of the heart greater in arteries or in the veins?
The pushing force of the heart is greater in arteries than in veins. The arteries are closer to the heart itself.
IS the heart chmabers called arteries and veins?
The heart chambers are not called arteries and veins. Heart chambers are atria and ventricles.
Are veins and arteries an organ of the heart?
No. The heart is one organ in itself. Veins and arteries are just vessels that transport blood to and from the heart. To be specific, the veins transport the blood towards the heart, and arteries transport it away.
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
What is the major difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins return blood to the heart.
What is the tube that leads to the heart?
The arteries and veins are the tubes that are connected to the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veins carry blood to the heart.
Arteries go towards the heart and veins go away the heart?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood to the heart
Is the heart chambers called arteries and veins?
The heart chambers are called atria and ventricles. Arteries and veins are blood vessels.
Arteries and veins carry blood to and from the heart in what system?
Arteries veins and capillaries carry blood to and from the Heart in the Circulatory System.
What is the difference bewteen arteries and veins?
the difference is that arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry it towards the heart.
