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What is the term for a thin-walled blood vessel with valves that carries blood to the heart?
Veins are thin-walled blood vessels that carry blood to the heart. The valves in veins help prevent backflow. In contrast, arteries have thicker walls and no valves. They carry blood away from the heart.
What is faster blood flow in the center of a large vessel or blood flow along the walls of a blood vessel?
Blood flow in the center of a large vessel is faster because the walls of the blood vessel may have a buildup of cholesterol on them.
Do sickle cells cut the blood vessel walls?
yes they do
Give a reason why the blood vessel has the thickest and most elastic wall?
Arteries have the most thick and elastic walls causing them to have a smaller lumen. They have the most thick walls because they have to withstand the high amounts of pressure as they carry oxygenated blood. This is the reason they have no valves as their is no chance of back flow of blood unlike veins.
Is capillary a blood vessel?
Yes, the capillaries are the smallest kind of blood vessel, that facilitate the movement of substances (like oxygen and glucose) in and out of the blood through their very thin walls.
How does the structure of each mayor type of vessel differ from the other type?
The major blood vessels include the Arteries which have thicker walls compare to veins and blood flows in pulse, Veins which have thicker walls compared to capillaries and have vales , and lastly Capillaries which are smaller compared to veins and arteries and do not have valves.
What is vibration of the blood vessel walls that reflect heart rate?
Pulse
Why is Vasculitis bad?
When the blood vessels become inflamed, scarring, thickening of the vessel walls, and narrowing of the vessel caliber decrease the amount of blood flow
What blood vessels contain thick muscular tissue within their walls to pump blood throughout the body?
Arterial walls contain thick, muscular tissue to pump blood throughout the body. Veins have thinner walls.
A resistance to blood flow due to friction between blood and blood vessel walls is called what?
it is called peripheral resistance.
What is the characteristic of the veins?
Veins have thinner walls compared to arteries. They also have larger lumens than arteries which is the space inside the vessel. Lastly they have one-way valves to help keep the blood flowing in one direction.
What is the characteristics of the vein?
Veins have thinner walls compared to arteries. They also have larger lumens than arteries which is the space inside the vessel. Lastly they have one-way valves to help keep the blood flowing in one direction.
