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What unique features of veins help move blood back to the heart?
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∙ 11y ago
1. Valves in the veins which stop blood flowing backwards
2. As the muscles around the veins contract (from general activity eg walking) they squeeze the veins, therefore forcing blood back to the heart (in just that direction because of valves)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoValves in the vein making sure the blood goes in one direction.
Also breathing helps draw the blood back up.
Similarly, the calf muscles help push the blood back up to the heart.
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∙ 15y agoVEINS. veins contain smooth muscles inside them which propels blood until it reaches the heart. --thoughtfulobserver
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∙ 11y agoright vessicel
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Which type of blood vessels does the blood flow away from the heart in?
Blood flows away from the heart in arteries, and towards the heart in veins.
What unique feature that the vein has that the artary does'nt?
arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart whereas veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart
What characteristics make veins unique?
veins are unique because they connect to the capillaries and return oxygen- rich blood to the right atria of the heart so that blood can exchange carbon dioxide for fresh oxygen in the lungs
What carries blood to the heart?
Veins carry deoxygenated blood back the heart.
Arteries are distinguished from veins based on all what features except?
Arteries carry blood that has been oxygenated from to the heart to other parts of the body. Veins carry blood that needs to go to the heart to be purified. Arteries are thick, veins are thin.
What are some human features of Ukraine?
Cardiovascular system: the blood circulation with heart, arteries and veins
Blood vessel that carries blood to the heart?
veins, maybe
What carries the blood toward the heart?
Veins are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart.
How does blood move in artery veins?
The heart pumps it. When your heart beats it squeezes blood in the heart into the arteries and from the arteries to the veins and from the veins back into the heart.
Blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart?
blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart are called veins.
Veins carrry blood to the heart?
Veins are thin. They carry blood to the heart and brain.
What type of blood vessel carries the blood to the heart?
Veins
