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Do the larger arteries contain valves to prevent the back flow of blood?
No, veins have the valves, arteries don't.
A measure of the flow of blood in arteries is called?
Blood flows away from the heart and is measured as blood pressure. This is a measure of the passage or flow and the resistance of the flow in the arteries.
What is the measure of the flow of blood in arteries called?
blood pressure
A measure of the flow of the blood in arteries is called?
blood pressure
What is the measure of blood flow in the arteries called?
Blood pressure
What controls the flow of blood in arteries?
Your heartbeat
What are examples of arterioles?
There isnt exactly specific arterioles because every conduction system of Arteries flow from Elastic arteries -> muscular arteries -> arterioles. Arterioles are the smallest of the arteries and produce the greatest vascular resistance of blood. The blood then passes onto capillaries for gas/waste/nutrient exchange.
Is blood flow faster in veins?
Blood flow is faster in arteries than in veins. Blood flow in veins is lower pressure.
How does blood flow through a cut vein differ from blood flow through a cut artery?
Arteries are larger and have more power from the heart therefore arterial bleeding is more profuse than bleeding from a vein.
What does cholesterol do to the blood flow?
Clots may form in theses narrowed arteries and block blood flow high blood cholesterol levels can cause hardening of the arteries at a younger age.
What kind of blood flow does arteries have?
white blood cells(wbc)
Do arteries flow to the heart or away from the heart?
Arteries flow away from the heart. That's a technical answer. Some blood tubes that look like arteries flow into the heat to nourish it. Of interest is the pulmonary artery, the only artery to carry un-oxygenated blood. It carries blood to the lungs where it is oxygenated.
