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What do they main blood vessels in the heart do?
keep you alive! they bring blood to the heart so it can get circulated round the body and lungs again
What is the function of the blood vessels on the outer wall of the heart?
Nutrients and oxygen have to get to the outside of the heart. So the blood vessels on the outside have that job. The nutrients and oxygen can't get to the cardiac muscle from inside the heart. Blood vessels that lead from the heart that are high in oxygen and nutrients have their first branch off the aorta that goes to these blood vessels. That's how important these vessels are to the heart and how it functions.
Do arteries carry blood from capillaries to the heart?
Arterioles carry blood in the direction away from the heart. The order of vessels from the heart is: arteries>arterioles>capillaries>venules>veins.
What usually carries blood away from the heart?
veinsAnswerArteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart, not veins. Veins are the blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart. The only exceptions being the pulmonary and umbilical veins, both of which carry oxygenated blood.
What cause the blood to flow through the blood vessels?
The heart is a pump and move blood through the blood vessels.
What are the blood vessels that bring blood toward the heart called?
Veins.
What are three parts of the cardiovascular system?
-Capillaries bring blood and nutrients to every cell. They are smaller than your hair. -Veins bring non-oxygenated blood back to the heart, so that the blood can become reoxygenated. -Arteries take the blood straight from your heart. They are very flexible so that they will not break every time the heart pumps blood.
What are blood vessels called that carry blood toward the heart?
They are called Veins just FYI the blood vessels that bring blood away from the heart are called arteries
What two arteries bring the blood to the lungs for oxygen?
The heart and your blood vessels
What are tubes that send blood away from the heart?
Arteries are the blood vessels that send blood away from the heart. Veins, in contrast, bring blood to the heart.
What are all of the blood vessels called that bring blood to and from the heart?
'Arteries' take blood away from the heart. 'Veins' take blood back to the heart.
What blood vessels bring blood from the heart to all parts of the body?
clarites and slimaries
What is a thick walled blood vessels that carry blood awayfrom the heart?
Arteries ALWAYS bring blood away from the heart. Vein bring it back.
Which blood vessels bring blood from the parts of the body back to the heart?
Those are called veins.
Which blood vessels brings blood to the heart?
The inferior and superior vena cavas bring blood from the body to the right side of the heart. The pulmonary veins bring blopd from the lungs to the left side of the heart.
What are the blood vessels that direct blood to the heart?
Veins - return deoxygenated blood to the heart to be reoxygenated. In contrast to arteries that bring the oxgenated blood from the heart, to the rest of the body for use.
What do they main blood vessels in the heart do?
keep you alive! they bring blood to the heart so it can get circulated round the body and lungs again
