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arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart, to the cells. arterioles do the same thing, but they are small.
veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart. venules do the same as veins, but they are also small.
capillaries are the place where the exchange takes place, between oxygenated and deoxygenated.
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∙ 11y agoTo carry white and red cells... white ones to fight infections and the red ones to carry the oxygen. Blood and oxygen are maybe the 2 most important things for our existence!
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Why aren't bones covered in blood?
Because you dont have blood vessles in your bones, and you dont bleed out unless your blood vessles are punctured... retard!!
Blood vessles that supply nourishment to the bone cells in compact bones are located in what?
Osteonic Canals
What could block a blood vessel?
Cholesterol, blood clots, fat embolism', even plastic from a hypodermic needle that has broken off can block blood vessles.
Why would bending your arm cut off circulation below the elbow?
because the blood vessles by your elbow get pinched by the bending so less blood flows
Different between the function of blood and the circulation of blood?
The function of blood is what it does in the body (carries O2, CO2, food, hormones water etc.) and the circulation of blood is how it gets round the body (pumped by the heart through arteries and veins) to perform its function.
Blood vessles that direct blood toward the heart?
veins
What are blood vessles that direct blood toward the heart?
VEINS
What carries blood from the heart to the smallest blood vessles?
The artery does
Tiny blood vessles are called?
Capillaries.
What do blood vessles do?
they bring oxygen to the brain
What is your small blood vessles called?
cappilleries
Name the blood vessles that Cary blood from thelungs?
the pulmonary veins
What is the most important function of the lymphatic vessles?
Transportation of lymph.
What do blood vessles transport?
OK, by definition we have blood. Do you want to know what blood is made of?
How many blood vessles leave the heart?
2
What blood vessles would be strong and elastic?
The Artery
What is a syndrome that affects arterial blood vessles?
atherosclerosis
