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Arteries are the blood vessels that send blood away from the heart. Veins, in contrast, bring blood to the heart.

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How arteries and vein differ?

Arteries send blood away from the heart while veins send blood to the heart.


What Vessels distribute blood from the heart?

Your arteries send blood away from the heart and around your body.


Which type of blood vessels does the blood flow away from the heart in?

Blood flows away from the heart in arteries, and towards the heart in veins.


What part of the body send the blood away from the heart?

transports away? arteries more specifically the pulmonary artery and aorta


DO YOU SPEND RED TUBES?

You can send red tubes off to be tested. These tubes are used to collect blood and seamen.


Where do arteries send blood to?

arteries send blood to the rest of the body, from the heart; viens send it back to the heart from the body.


Do the arterioles send blood to the heart?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart while veins carry blood to the heart. The vena cava (a vein) carries blood to the right atrium, and the pulmonic vein carries blood to the left atrium. If you are talking about the coronary arteries that feed the muscle of the heart, they go to the myocardium.


What large veins are directly responsible for returning blood to the heart?

The veins responsible for returning blood to the heart are the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava. Arteries send blood away from the heart, going from Arteries to Arterioles to Capillaries, then the return is from Capillaries to Venules to Veins. The Superior and Inferior Vena Cava are the veins that send blood to the right atrium after an entire blood circulation cycle.


What send blood to the lungs?

the heart


What type of vessel does a capillary receive blood?

Capillaries send blood to both arteries and veins.


What artery send blood to the lungs?

the heart


arteries are?

arteries are blood vessels that are part of the system carrying blood under pressure from the heart to the rest of the body-OR-Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood out to the body/lungs. They are the largest form of vessel. In other words Arteries are blood vessels that carry rich blood away from the heart throughout the body. Arteries send rich blood away throughout the cells.