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the heart pumps the blood round our bodies
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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
Why blood is transfused only through vein but not through arteries?
Because the arteries wouldn't be able to have blood flow through your body unlike arteries veins are through out your whole body so they can transport blood through your whole body, veins keep your blood circulating
Does blood carry oxygen around the body through the veins or through the arteries?
Through both! The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood to the heart and then arteries carry it from the heart to the body as a whole. Veins return de-oxygenated blood to the heart.
What do arteries and veins drain?
Arteries drain (pump blood) into veins. Veins drain into your lungs and heart to be re-oxygenated. (This is not true for veins and arteries to and from your lungs.)
What Function Does The Heart Serve?
The heart PUMPS BLOOD through the arteries throughout your body. Veins take blood to your heart, arteries take blood away. some people think the heart pumps blood into your veins but that is NOT true. Your veins take the blood to your heart, the arteries take the blood away from your heart.
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
Is it blood that runs in veins?
It is not true. Blood is also runs in arteries. Arteries take the blood throughout your body and veins take the blood back to your heart.
Why blood is transfused only through vein but not through arteries?
Because the arteries wouldn't be able to have blood flow through your body unlike arteries veins are through out your whole body so they can transport blood through your whole body, veins keep your blood circulating
Where does Blood flow mostly through?
veins and arteries
What are the different types of blood tubes through wich the blood passes?
the three main tubes that blood can pass through in the circulatory system are the arteries, veins, and capillaries.
Name three blood vessels?
the three blood vessels are the Veins capillaries Arteries the arteries.
What part of the body does the red blood cells travel?
Red blood cells are part of the blood and travel where the blood goes. Blood is moved through the heart to the lungs and back to the heart. Then it is moved through arteries to all the tissues of the body and back to the heart through the veins.
What are arteries capillaries and veins?
They are blood vessels
Does blood carry oxygen around the body through the veins or through the arteries?
Through both! The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood to the heart and then arteries carry it from the heart to the body as a whole. Veins return de-oxygenated blood to the heart.
Does blood run through a nerve?
No, it runs through veins and arteries.
Are bones supplied with arteries veins and nerves?
Yes. Bones have their blood supply through arteries and they have veins to drain blood. They also have nerve supply.
