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How does the direction blood travels in arteries and veins differ?
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∙ 16y ago
the blood in the arteries in oxygenated and is flowing away from the heart throughout the body tyo give your cells oxygen. the blood in the veins has had its oxygen depleted by your cells and is travelling back to the heart and lungs to get more oxygen
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoArteries carries blood AWAY from the heart and, veins carries blood BACK to the heart
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∙ 16y agoVeins do not pulsate Arteries pulsate Veins can easily collapse Arteries do not collapse (except in shock) Veins contain valves Blood pressure is low in the veins and higher in the arteries
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∙ 16y agothe blood in arteries flows from the heart, through the body and is oxegenated (they are fresh with oxegyn) and veins bring blood back to the heart to be replenished.
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∙ 12y agoAn artery carries blood away from the heart, while veins transport blood to the heart.
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∙ 12y agoVeins- oxygen-poor blood that is returning to the heart
Arteries- oxygen-rich blood that is going to the cells
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∙ 13y agoArteries carry blood away from the heart, where as veins carry blood to the heart.
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∙ 12y agoArteries carry oxygenated blood while veins carry deoxygenated blood and wastes.
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What does the blood travel through?
arteries and veins
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 are the hollow 'tubes' that blood travels through in mammals?
The blood travels through veins, arteries, and capalaries.
Blood flowing away from the heart travels in?
Arteries
What direction does the arteries carry blood?
Arteries carry blood from the heart to all parts of the body.
How arteries and vein differ?
Arteries send blood away from the heart while veins send blood to the heart.
What is the tube called that the blood travels through?
Can be veins, can be arteries, can be capillaries, can be the aorta..
What is false a Arteries carry blood away from the heart b Veins carry blood back to the heart c Capillaries and arteries are similar in size d Blood travels from?
The answer is: c. Capillaries and arteries are similar in size.
Where does blood travel after the right auricle?
It travels to the right ventricle passing through the tricuspid valve. Then it travels to the lungs via pulmonary arteries. The oxygenated blood from the lungs returns to the heart (into the left auricle). From the left auricle the blood travels to the left ventricle. The left ventricle pumps it to aorta. The blood travels through the arteries and veins, then it returns to the right auricle of heart.
Tubes that blood traves through?
Blood vessels are the tubes through which blood travels. They include veins, capillaries, and arteries.
What direction do arteries and veins carry blood?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry low oxygenated blood back to or towards the heart.
What major differences are there between a vein and a artery?
Oxygen rich blood travels through the Arteries and Oxygen poor blood travels through the Veins.EXCEPT: Oxygen poor Blood traveling from the heart to the lungs goes through the Pulmonary Arteries and Oxygen rich blood going back to the heart from the lungs travels through the Pulmonary Veins.
