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Arteries carry blood away from the heart to the other parts of the body. Arteries also have thicker walls as the blood pressure is much higher having a closer proximity to the heart. Veins carry the blood back from the other areas of the body to the heart.
Simply put, an artery carries blood out of the heart, and a vein carries blood into the heart.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y ago1) Veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart. Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.
2) Veins are under very little pressure; arteries are under a lot of pressure.
3) The walls of arteries are made of muscle so as to regulate blood pressure and the diameter of the artery. Veins have little one way valves in them to keep the blood going in the right direction.
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∙ 14y agoArteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body. Veins carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart.
Arteres have thick vascular walls.Veins have thinner vascular walls
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∙ 8y agoBlood in the veins is actually heading back to the heart. If this blood is coming back from the body, the blood is deoxygenated as the oxygen has been used by the cells of the body. (In contrast, the blood in the pulmonary vein is oxygenated),
Blood in the arteries is leaving the heart. If this blood is going to the body, its oxygenated from the oxygen picked up in the lungs. (In contract, the blood in the pulmonary artery is deoxygenated).
Oxygenated hemoglobin gives blood its bright red color in the systemic arteries, while blood in systemic veins has more of a maroon color. Also, if you puncture a vein, the blood tends to ooze out because there is not much pressure. If you puncture an artery, the blood tends to squirt out more because the pressure created by the pumping of the heart is behind the blood.
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∙ 7y agoThe walls of the artery are generally thicker and their tunica media layer contains more smooth muscle and elastic fibres. When it is not opposed by blood pressure, the walls of the artery still contracts so arteries generally appear to be smaller in histological sections. As the endothelial lining of an artery cannot contract, an artery's endothelium is thrown into folders when it constricts and it gives it a pleated appearance. Veins do not have these folds.
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∙ 12y agoThe difference is that arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood towards the heart.
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∙ 14y agothe artery gets the blood away from the heart while the vein gets the blood to the heart
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∙ 11y agoArteries carry blood from the heart.
Veins carry blood back to the heart.
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Is the aorta an artery or a vein?
it is a VEIN <3
What lies between the antecubital vein and the brachial artery?
your lungs.
What veins and arteries travel through the renal sinus?
segmental artery, renal artery, renal vein, arcule vein, interlobular vein, interlobular artery
Is Artery more thicker than vein?
the wall of an artery is usuallythicker that the wall of a vein.
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 are two structural differences between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
one is vein one is artery
What the differences between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
The pulmonary artery takes blood from the right ventricle into the lungs; the pulmonary vein collects blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.
What are the three differences between the composition of blood in pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
Pulmonary artery 1. No oxygen 2. A lot of carbon dioxide Pulmonary vein 1. Lots of oxygen 2. No carbon dioxide
Is the aorta an artery or a vein?
it is a VEIN <3
What is the opposite of vein?
Artery.
What are the differences of the wall of the artery and a vein?
The muscularis layer of arteries has a thicker layer of smooth muscle.
What does the artery vein vein do?
there is no such animal as an artery vein.... you have artery and you have veins... no vessel is both, unless used in a CABG.
Is the jugular a vein or artery?
It's a vein. The artery going to your head is the carotid artery.
What are the similarities between a vein and an artery?
both are blood ways
What lies between the antecubital vein and the brachial artery?
your lungs.
What is the differation between left and right kidney?
You can try to identify the left from the right by looking at the position of the vein, the artery and the urethra. The artery is anterior of the vein and the urethra is pointing downwards.
What veins and arteries travel through the renal sinus?
segmental artery, renal artery, renal vein, arcule vein, interlobular vein, interlobular artery
