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What describes the main difference between veins and arteries in the circulatory system?
Arteries carry blood from the heart and veins carry blood to the heart.
What is the basic difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart and veins carry de-oxygenated blood back to the heart.
What is the major difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins return blood to the heart.
What are the 2 main differences between Arteries and Veins?
Viens carry blood away from the heart while veins carry blood towardj the heart. Arteries are generally thicker than veins because arteries must withstand the pressure of the blood coming away from the heart.
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 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.
Do the veins carry blood to the heart?
Yes. Arteries carry fresh, oxygen infused blood throughout your body. Veins carry spent, oxygen-less blood back to the heart. Capillaries distribute blood and act as bridges between the veins and arteries.
Do veins carry oxygenated blood or deoxygenated blood?
Deoxygenated With the exception of the pulmonary vessels, veins carry deoxygenated blood; arteries carry oxygenated blood.
Arteries and veins carry blood to and from the heart in what system?
Arteries veins and capillaries carry blood to and from the Heart in the Circulatory System.
What's the difference between a vein and an artery?
Veins carry blood back to the heart, while arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins have valves to prevent backflow, while arteries do not. Arteries have thicker walls and carry oxygen-rich blood, while veins have thinner walls and carry oxygen-poor blood.
What direction do arteries and veins carry blood?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry low oxygenated blood back to or towards the heart.
What are the three blood tubes and what do they do?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins carry blood to the heart. Capillaries connect veins and arteries.
