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Why the pressure in blood vessels pulmonary vein and inferior vena cava is less than the aorta and pulmonary artery?
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∙ 9y ago
In a healthy person, the blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs is usually lower than the pressure of the blood in the rest of the body because the blood is pumped from the weaker right side of the heart (a shorter distance from the heart) into the lungs.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 15y agoAs blood moves away from the heart, pressure decreases. The farther away from the ventricle, the lower its force becomes
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∙ 14y agobp is lower in veins, because arteries experience the direct pressure of the heart pumping while veins do not
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∙ 13y agoGravity pulls it downwards.
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∙ 12y agoDue to cardiac effect
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∙ 9y agohi my name is salad LoL
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What are the 8 great vessels of the heart?
Aorta, Superior and Inferior Vena Cava, 4 pulmonary veins and the pulmonary artery
What are the major work of heart blood vessels blood?
The Superior and Inferior Vena Cava ,the Pulmonary Artery and the Aorta
What are the main blood vessels leding to and from the heart?
Inferior Vena Cava, Superior Vena Cava, Pulmonary Artery and Vein, Aorta
Which vessels carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart?
Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle.
What important vessels enter or exit the lung at its hilum?
the pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, bronchial vessels and lymphatic vessels
What is the artery leading into the lungs called?
The blood vessels that take oxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs are the pulmonary artery. It is part of the pulmonary circulation.
What 3 types of vessels in lungs?
They are pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, and capillary.
What vessels take blood to and from the lungs?
The Pulmonary Artery
The vessels that supply blood to the diaphragm are the?
The vessels that supply blood to the diaphragm are the superior phrenic artery, the inferior phrenic artery, and the musculophrenic artery.
The main blood vessels?
The pulmonary artery, the pulmonary vein, the aorta and the vena cava.
What vessels carry blood from the heart?
The aorta, and the carotid artery branches; the pulmonary artery.
What are vessels in the heart?
One main blood vessel is the arteries. They carry blood away from the heart. The veins is another main blood vessel. They carry blood to your heart. There are also more blood vessels and I don't want you to forget that!!
