Why do arteries get clogged up and not the veins?

Answer 1

Atherosclerosis is a process that occurs in areas of high shear stress. The plaques tend to form as a result of injury to the blood vessel linings, influx of fatty materials, and then clearance of that material by macrophages which are a cell type involved in cleaning up messes in the body. The fat laden macrophages are eventually encased in a fibrotic plaque where the muscular layer of the artery appears to thicken in compensation for the events mentioned above. It's ultimately a complex process that results, in part, from the dragging/shearing force of the high-pressure high-speed blood going by. This is why it's a problem of arteries and not veins. Arteries have lots of shear stress, and veins have almost none. i took this from another site... kudos questioner... you stumped me lol

Answer 2

clogged arteries is Another term for coronary artery disease in which arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle are partially or completely blocked by collections of cholesterol and abnormal blood cells in the artery walls

Answer 3

Poor diet and eating fat, now it cant get the oxygen to your heart, brain, organs, and rest of body. If it cant get oxygen to your body with have a stroke and die

Answer 4

Poor diet