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The veins in your head dont need valves. Valves prevent backflow in the lower extremities because your bloodflow is going against gravity and your body is using muscular pumps to get the bloodflow back up to the heart. The blood flow in your upper extremities use gravity to get back to the heart via the superior vena cava.
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Which vein in the human body does not contain valves?
all veins contain valves
What are the two veins in the head and neck that lack valves?
Facial and Pterygoid plexus of v.
What do veins have to prevent blood from flowing backward?
One-way valves prevent the back flow of bloodThere are tiny one way valves throughout a vein. These stop blood from flowing backwards. Interestingly, when these valves in veins in the legs malfunction, the result are varicose veins.
Do the pulmonary veins have valve?
Vena Cava has valves, if im not wrong, but pulmonary veins definitely do not have valves.
Why veins in head and face don't have valves?
I assume you mean "Why do veins in the head and face lack valves?"The answer is due to being organisms with upright posture. You need valves in your legs to keep the blood from falling down to your feet, and instead propel the blood to your heart. Your head, though, is above your heart, so you don't want valves trapping the blood in the head. That would cause headaches and perfusion issues. So lacking valves allows blood to flow down to the heart.
Why is it important for veins to contain valves?
Veins have valves so the blood dosent backflow
Do capilliaries have valves?
Capillaries do not have valves. Veins are the blood vessels with valves.
How is the blood flow controlled in the veins?
The veins have valves in them
Can the valves be replaced in the deep veins with artificial valves?
no
Do veins have valves and arteries don't?
veins have valves because they bring blood from the bottom half of your body and valves stop the back flow of blood since the veins work against gravity.
What do arteries have that veins do not?
valves
What do veins have that arteries do not?
valves
