Atherosclerosis occurs when LDL (Low Density Lipoproteins) get oxidized. Since the plasma in the arteries contains plenty of oxygen to oxidize the LDL's it occurs mostly in arteries. In the veins, there is little oxygen to be found, so it is much more likely to happen in the arteries for that reason.
I dont know why!!
Arteries drain (pump blood) into veins. Veins drain into your lungs and heart to be re-oxygenated. (This is not true for veins and arteries to and from your lungs.)
blood travels away from the heart through arteries and blood travels to the heart through the veins
They Have Narrowed Due To The Bild Up Of Plaque.
arteries.
The tunica media is the thickest layer of of an artery
The circulatory system - arteries, veins, capillaries.
The blood in veins has already passed through the capillaries which are smaller. anything that passes through the capillaries is too small to form one, and if it was big enough to clause blockage, that would occur in the arteries, before it reached the capillaries
Arteries maybe clogged by fatty deposits on their walls causing the condition known as Atherosclerosis.
atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is the narrowing and hardening of arteries due to cholesterol plaques.
the three blood vessels are the Veins capillaries Arteries the arteries.
Atherosclerosis .
Arteries drain (pump blood) into veins. Veins drain into your lungs and heart to be re-oxygenated. (This is not true for veins and arteries to and from your lungs.)
arteries
atherosclerosis
Veins do not pulsate Arteries pulsate Veins can easily collapse Arteries do not collapse (except in shock) Veins contain valves Blood pressure is low in the veins and higher in the arteries
Cellulose is what surronds veins and arteries.