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The cardiovascular system contains your arteries. This system is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body and contains the heart, veins, capillaries, and other parts that pump blood to the rest of the body. Blood passes through arteries, therefore making the arteries part of the cardiovascular system.
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What is the difference between afferent and efferent arteries?
Efferent arteries take blood away from an organ and afferent arteries bring blood to an organ.
Is the Pulmonary artery an organ?
no it is an extension of the lung used to transport blood
Why Do arteries carry oxygenated blood?
Arteries flowing into every organ contain oxygen. Oxygen is life for humans. Our brain, lungs, heart, etc. need it to survive. Oxygen is carried by arterial blood because we inhale it as we breathe. The lungs then distribute the oxygen to the rest of the body via arteries.
Are veins and arteries an organ of the heart?
No. The heart is one organ in itself. Veins and arteries are just vessels that transport blood to and from the heart. To be specific, the veins transport the blood towards the heart, and arteries transport it away.
Are arteries in the circulatory system?
Yes, arteries are part of the circulatory system. Arteries carry blood away from the heart.
Which organ system contain your organ?
Liver
What is an exapmle of an organ system?
The circulatory system is an example of an organ system in the human body. The circulatory system is made up of the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries.
What organ system does Arteries belong?
Typically the words "organ" and "system" are used separately-- a system is a collection of organs that work toward a particular purpose. The coronary arteries are, like all arteries, part of the cardiovascular system. They can also be considered part of the heart, when looking at things from the standpoint of organs.
What organ system does the heart contain?
Circulatory System.
What organ system contain veins?
The circulatory system
How many organs are in an organ system?
Two or more organs are in an organ system. In addition to organs, an organ system can contain other structures that serve the organ(s) and organ system.
Which organ and tissue make up the circulatory system?
heart, arteries and veins
What organ systems atherosclerosis affect?
The circulatory system - arteries, veins, capillaries.
What organ systems contain your eye organs?
Sensory organ system
Why do Organism and organ system both contain the word organ?
Because an organism is a being which contains organs and an organ system is a system of organs.
Which organ system contain the brain?
The nervous system.
What organ system contain blood vessels?
ciculaoty system
