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Only veins contain valves. The valves prevent the backward flow of blood.

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Name blood vessels that contain valves?

Valves are in the veins.


What blood vessels have thin wals and contain valves?

Veins


If a blood contains a valve what kind of vessel it ts?

The only blood vessels that contain valves are veins.


Do capilliaries have valves?

Capillaries do not have valves. Veins are the blood vessels with valves.


Arteries contain valves that do what?

No arteries do not contain valves since there is enough pressure from the heart to force blood through these vessels without significant backflow between contractions.


Why red blood cells do not contain blood vessels?

Red blood cells are too small to contain blood vessels. They are cells and they travel in blood vessels.


Which blood vessels in humans contain structures that allow ti flow in only one direction?

veins, they have valves, the reason why they have them is because blood flow is slow


Do both arterial and venous vessels have valves?

No. Only venous vessles contain valves.


What two blood vessels contain semilunar valves?

Right at the very start of the aorta is the aortic valve and at the very start of the pulmonary artery is the pulmonart valve, each of which are semilunar. In the heart there are two semilunar valves that lad to blood vessels. The pulmonary semilunar valve leads to the pulmonary trunk, and the Aortic semilunar valve leads to the Aorta.


What does the epidermis not contain?

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Valves to help the direction of blood flow are found in which blood vessels?

Veins.


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