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Arteries usually carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of body. Veins usually carry to the heart blood that is depleted of oxygen and full of CO2 and other impurities.
There are two exceptions. The pulmonary artery carries "dirty" blood from the heart to the lungs. The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
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How does the blood move to and from the heart?
it moves through the arteries
What moves blood from most parts of the body?
Blood moves through veins and arteries in most parts of the body. Veins carry deoxygenated blood and arteries carry oxygenated blood.
How does blood get from your nose to your big toe?
It moves through veins and arteries.
What are the names of the tubes the blood of the heart moves through?
veins and arteries
Does pressure drop when blood moves from arteries to veins?
Yes. Blood always flows from a higher pressure to a lower pressure, so as the blood moves from the arteries through the capillaries and into the veins pressure drops considerably.
What moves blood from the heart?
Arteries
When blood moves from the arteries what does it go into?
The capillaries.
What happens to blood pressure as blood moves from arteries to veins?
Blood pressure decreases as blood moves from arteries to veins. For this reason, veins have valves to encourage the one-way flow of blood back to the heart.
When the blood has given up its what it moves into a larger blood vessel?
arteries
Blood moves through blood vessels in which order?
Heart (Left Ventricle) -> Arteries -> Arterioles -> Capillaries -> Venules -> Veins -> Heart (Right Atrium)
What moves blood through your body?
The cardiovascular system moves blood through hour body. It is made up of the Heart pumping the blood that is circulated around the body through its networks of arteries, veins and capillaries. The cardiovascular and lymphatic systems together make up the circulatory system.
What are thick walled blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?
Arteries
