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There are 3 types of blood vessels: Arteries, Veins, and Capillaries. Arteries carry oxygenated blood to all the cells in the body. Veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart where it is pumped into the lungs. There is releases CO2 gas and picks up O2 and is pumped back into the heart where Arteries take it back to the rest of the body again. Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels connecting veins and arteries.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoVeins: * Have low pressure. * Carries blood to the heart. * Smaller than arteries. * Have thin walls. Arteries: * Under high pressure. * Carries blood from the heart to all parts of the body. * Have thick walls. Capillaries: * Gas exhange takes place here. * Located between veins and arteries.
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∙ 13y agoIn anatomical terms, "vessels" means a carrier of something. Veins are vessels... specifically, they are blood vessels. However, not all blood vessels are veins; some of them are, but some of them are capillaries, and some of them are arteries.
It's rather like asking what's the difference between a horse and a Clydesdale. All Clydesdales are horses, but not all horses are Clydesdales.
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∙ 13y agoArteries always carry blood away from the heart towards capillaries. Veins carry blood away from capillaries toward the heart.
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Supplies blood to the lungs?
the pulmonary ateries
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Cos is fit
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Star-shaped neuroglial cell between the neurons and blood vessels?
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