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What is a thick walled vessel that carries blood away from the heart?
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Does the heart carries oxygenerated blood from the heart?
The aorta is the vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart. In contrast, the pulmonary artery is the vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart.
A thick walled and elastic vessel that carries nutrients and oxygen away from the heart?
Arteries carry blood containing oygen and nutrients away from the heart. They are thick walled and elastic to cope with the pressure exerted by the contraction of the heart.
Why is umbilical artery called an artery when it carries oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?
An artery is the vessel that carries blood away from the heart. The pulmonary artery carries only deoxygenated blood after birth.
What is the vessel leaving the heart with low oxygen?
The blood vessel that carries deoxygenated (low oxygen) blood away from the heart is called the pulmonary artery. This artery carries blood to the lungs where it picks up oxygen and then travels back to the heart to be pumped out to the cells of the body. The best way to remember this is to remember that pulmonary means lungs and artery means a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. Most arteries carry blood that is rich in oxygen. The pulmonary artery is an exception.
An artery is a blood vessel that only does what?
Arteries Cary oxygenated blood. This is usually to organs or muscles with the exception of the pulmonary artery wich carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What word means a thick-walled blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart?
artery
What is the thin-walled blood vessel that carries blood from the body tissues and lungs to the heart?
It is a vein.
What is heavy walled vessel which brings blood away from the heart?
The arteries carry blood away from the heart. The aorta is the main artery that carries oxygen rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What is the term for a thin-walled blood vessel with valves that carries blood to the heart?
Veins are thin-walled blood vessels that carry blood to the heart. The valves in veins help prevent backflow. In contrast, arteries have thicker walls and no valves. They carry blood away from the heart.
Does the heart carries oxygenerated blood from the heart?
The aorta is the vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart. In contrast, the pulmonary artery is the vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart.
A thick walled and elastic vessel that carries nutrients and oxygen away from the heart?
Arteries carry blood containing oygen and nutrients away from the heart. They are thick walled and elastic to cope with the pressure exerted by the contraction of the heart.
The blood vessel which carries blood from the tissus to the heart?
your heart
What is a muscular and elastic-walled vessel that carries blood from the heart through the body?
In all but one case, that would be an artery. The exception is the pulmonary vein.
Is the blood vessel thin or thick walled towards the heart?
Thicker
What is a thick walled vessel that brings blood away from the heart?
an artery
What is a thick walled blood vessel that transports blood away from the heart called?
veins
A large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart?
Aorta.
