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Capillaries send blood to both arteries and veins.
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Which blood vessel carries blood toward the capillaries?
The veins carry blood toward the capillaries.
What blood vessel takes blood around the alveoli?
The capillaries carry the blood around the alveoli.
What do arteriolie's do?
They are a very small and narrow blood vessel. Smaller than an artery, they carry blood to the capillaries which carry blood to the cells of the body.
What are any tubes that carry blood called?
Blood vessels are the tubes that carry blood. The three types of blood vessels are arteries, capillaries, and veins.
What blood vessel is referred to as the exchange vessel?
capillaries
What is a blood vessels?
They carry blood throughout your body and are found in arteries, veins, and capillaries.
What is the name for the tiny tubes that carry blood?
Capillaries are the tiny tubes that carry blood. These vessel connect small arteries to small veins, and are the site of gas exchange.
What is the samllest blood vessel?
Capillaries
What is the vessel that takes blood from the arteries to capillaries?
Arterioles take blood from the arteries to the capillaries. Venules take blood from the capillaries to the veins.
What is a blood artery?
There are three varieties of blood vessels: arteries, veins, and capillaries. During blood circulation, the arteries carry blood away from the heart. The capillaries connect the arteries to veins. Finally, the veins carry the blood back to the heart
What is a vessel that returns blood back to the heart after it's passed through the capillaries?
ARTERIES carry blood TO the capillaries throughout the body, whereas VEINS carry blood FROM the capillaries and back to the heart. Tip for rememering: A-->V (alphabetical order: arteries-->veins)
What are the tubes called that blood travels around the body in?
They are called blood vessels. The types of blood vessels are veins, arteries, and capillaries.
