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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.
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What do arteries and veins drain?
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.)
IS the heart chmabers called arteries and veins?
The heart chambers are not called arteries and veins. Heart chambers are atria and ventricles.
What two ways are veins structurally different from arteries?
blood travels away from the heart through arteries and blood travels to the heart through the veins
What is the tube that leads to the heart?
The arteries and veins are the tubes that are connected to the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veins carry blood to the heart.
Arteries go towards the heart and veins go away the heart?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood to the heart
What is the name of the organ that receives blood from the veins and sends it into the arteries?
The heart is the organ that receives blood from the veins and pumps it into the arteries.
What organ the coronary arteries and cardiac veins serve?
the heart
What is the name of the organ that receives blood from the veins and send into the arteries?
heart
What is the name of the organ that receives the blood from the veins and sends it into the arteries?
That is the Heart.
Which organ and tissue make up the circulatory system?
heart, arteries and veins
Which organ carrys blood away from the heart?
its not an organ- the arteries carry blood away form the heart and veins carry the blood to the heart.
What organ is cardiovascular system?
heart and the connecting systems (Arteries, Arterioles, Veins, Venules, cappiliaries)
What do arteries and veins drain?
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.)
What organs do arteries and veins connect to?
The lungs (pulmonary means lung).
What are the level of organization of a heart?
The levels or organization are: cells -->tissues--->organs--->organ systems--->organism. The heart is an organ of the organ system called the cardiovascular system. This includes the heart, veins and arteries and blood.
How does blood move in artery veins?
The heart pumps it. When your heart beats it squeezes blood in the heart into the arteries and from the arteries to the veins and from the veins back into the heart.
What organ cardiology specialists in?
The cardiovascular system, which consists of the heart and lungs (cardiovascular system also includes veins and arteries).
