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Who is the greek physician who distinguished and veins from the arteries?
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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.)
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
Is the middle layer thicker in veins or arteries?
arteries.
What are the arteries and veins called that service the kidneys of a frog?
Renal arteries and veins service an animal's kidneys.
What is the amount of muscle in veins and arteries?
The amount of muscle in veins and arteries varies in the sense that arteries are more muscular than veins to give them extra elasticity and strength to deal with surges of blood.
Who is the greek physician who distinguished the veins from the arteries?
harvey
Who is the physician that discovered arteries and veins?
Andreas Vesalius, a Belgian physician, is credited with the discovery and description of the systemic circulation of blood through arteries and veins in the 16th century.
Who was the physician who discovered arteries and veins?
William Harvey
Arteries are distinguished from veins based on all what features except?
Arteries carry blood that has been oxygenated from to the heart to other parts of the body. Veins carry blood that needs to go to the heart to be purified. Arteries are thick, veins are thin.
Name three blood vessels?
the three blood vessels are the Veins capillaries Arteries the arteries.
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 is the difference between the blood in the arteries and the blood in the veins?
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
What material surrounds veins and arteries?
Cellulose is what surronds veins and arteries.
What is the difference between muscle in veins and arteries?
Thee difference between muscle in veins and arteries is that muscles of arteries are thicker compared to those of veins.
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
Are veins thicker than arteries?
The tunica media is thicker in arteries than in veins.
What are facts your veins and arteries?
if you attach your veins and arteries together,it will go around the world
