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Why can blood flow freely through arteries?
Arteries are blood vessels taking the blood away from the heart. the heart is a very powerful muscle so blood is ejected out at a high velocity and with high pressure.
Why blood is transfused only through vein but not through arteries?
Because the arteries wouldn't be able to have blood flow through your body unlike arteries veins are through out your whole body so they can transport blood through your whole body, veins keep your blood circulating
What does the blood travel through?
arteries and veins
Which blood vessels create a pulse?
Arteries, because arteries carry blood away from the heart, and, because of this, the blood pulses through the arteries in response to the heart's beat. Veins take blood back to the heart after being around the body, and so the flow of blood in these is much smoother.
Do arteries pump blood to your body?
No the heart pumps the blood but it does pump the blood through the arteries.
Is blood in arteries always oxygen rich?
Yes, blood in arteries is typically oxygen-rich because the arteries carry blood away from the heart to deliver oxygen to the body's tissues. Oxygenated blood is pumped from the heart through the arteries to provide nutrients and oxygen to cells.
What does the term elastic mean pertaining to arteries?
The term Elastic Arteries usually refers to the ability of blood vessels to dilate and constrict freely.
How does your blood travel through you heart?
through arteries
Why does blood not flow through the coronary arteries when the heart is contracting?
because it didn't feel like it
What blood vessel carries oxygenated blood?
Arteries and the pulmonary vein transport oxygen-rich blood through the body.
What type of blood vessel will usually contain blood under high pressure?
Arteries. This is because the heart is pumping the blood away from the heart through the arteries, thus they are very high pressure due to the force of the blood being pushed quickly through a confined space.
What forces the blood through the arteries?
Blood is pumped by the heart.
