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Veins are tubes that carry blood back to the heart. This blood is usually deoxygenated, but in the case of the pulmonary vein, the blood is oxygen-rich.

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What are tubes that carry blood around the body?

These tubes (along with the heart) are known as the circulatory system, and they come in three varieties: arteries, veins, and capillaries. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood back to the heart, and capillaries are smaller diameter tubes connecting arteries and veins, through which blood interacts with tissues of the body.


What are the tubes that carry blood away from the heart?

Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart. Next, it goes to capillaries, to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the cells. Since it is then oxygen-depleted, the blood must go back to the heart and lungs. Those tubes are called veins.


Do arteries carry blood back to the heart?

No, from the heart. The veins carry the blood back to the heart.


The blood vessels that carry blood back from the heart are called?

Veins carry blood back to the heart.


Do arteries carry the blood back to the heart from the body?

Veins carry the blood back to the heart from the body. Arteries carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body.


What are that's Carrie the blood around the body?

These tubes (along with the heart) are known as the circulatory system, and they come in three varieties: arteries, veins, and capillaries. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood back to the heart, and capillaries are smaller diameter tubes connecting arteries and veins, through which blood interacts with tissues of the body.


What do you call the tubes through which the fluid flows in the cardiovascular system?

The tubes of the cardiovascular system are the following:Arteries - carry blood away from the heartCapillaries - allow diffusion of the dissolved substances in the plasmaVeins - carry blood towards the heart


Do attires carry blood to the heart?

No. Arteries carry blood AWAY from the heart and to the organs. Veins carry blood back to the heart.


What blood vessels carry blood back to the heart from the lungs?

The pulmonary veins carry blood from the lungs back to the heart.


What are the tubes called that carryblood back to the heart?

Arteries carry oxygenrich blood away from the heart, and veins carry oxygen depleted blood towards the heart. The aorta carries oxygen away from the heart to parts of the body. Hope this helps!


What is the name of tubes that carry freshly oxygenated blood to the body?

These are called the pulmonary veins. Arteries always carry blood away from the heart but not all of these have blood high in oxygen. Veins carry blood back to the heart. Again most are low in oxygen except the ones coming from the lungs.


Coronary vessels carry blood to the heart?

No, veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart... Coronary vessels carry blood IN the heart.