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Veins are bigger and thicker than artires

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Is arteries wall thicker or veins?

artries


Which pumps oxygen-rich bloodartery or veins?

Heart pumps O2 rich blood to body through artries.


Why are vains blue and artries red?

Veins are actually more transparent than anything else. Veins appear blue due to the way the deoxygenated blood (Dark Red in color--not blue) and subcutaneous fat (fat under the skin) absorb light. They absorb all colors except the blue that you see.


What is the difference between artries veins and capillaries?

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart, to the cells that need them. Veins carry blood containing carbon dioxide back to the heart after the oxygen has been given to the cells. Capillaries are the thinnest arteries and veins. They are only one cell wide. As the blood cell passes through the very thin capillary, the cells on either side are given oxygen and carbon dioxide is taken from them. Therefore, the capillaries connect the arteries and veins. Veins are thinner than arteries. Arteries are thicker than capillaries.


What Carry blood with oxygen away from the heart?

artries(aorta)


Structural similarities between arteries and vein?

Structural similarities between artries and veins are1) The walls of arteries and veins both contain collagen which makes them strong and durable.2) They both contain elastic fibres which allow them to stretch and recoil.3) Their walls contain smooth muscles that enable them to constrict and dilate.4) They are both three - layered.


Which vessel does blood flow the fastest?

Blood flows the fastest in the arteries because they have thick muscular walls that help propel blood throughout the body at high pressure.


What is an upstream blood vessel?

those blood vessels that goes against the artries...


Do plant have veins like human?

No. There are structures in plants that are called veins, but they work considerably differently from those in humans.


What are the organs that work together in the circulatory system?

even though the arteries and veins aren't organs,they would be the heart,veins,and the arteries.


What is the function of artries?

Arteries carries pure ie oxygenated blood to all parts of the body.


Do veins have valves and arteries don't?

veins have valves because they bring blood from the bottom half of your body and valves stop the back flow of blood since the veins work against gravity.