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What are the smaller division of arteries?
Divisions of smaller arteries are arterioles
Do arteries that branch away from the heart get bigger or smaller?
smaller
How do capillaries and arteries connect?
Capillaries are just smaller continuations/branches of arteries.
Are Capillaries and arteries are similar in size?
Capillaries are alot smaller than arteries.
Which is smaller veins capillaries or arteries?
arteriols
What large artery do these arteries branch form?
Yes, larger arteries branch off into smaller arteries known as arterioles.
What is the blood vessel connecting capillaries to arteries?
Venules, they are smaller and thinner than veins.
Is the arteries bigger or smaller than capillaries?
Veins are bigger (:
How many coronary arteries in the body?
There are too many to count. There are also variations from person to person. The biggest arteries branch into smaller arteries and those branch into smaller and smaller arteries down to the arterioles, which are very small and there are many of them. Some people say there are millions of arteries in the human body. One source says there are so many arteries in the body that if you laid them end to end, they would be about 60,000 miles long.
What are the smaller blood vessels that arteries branch into?
arteriols
Why is the pressure in arteries much greater than in veins?
Because the arteries have smaller bore than veins. Through smaller cross sectional area blood flows with greater pressure.
Do arteries get smaller as they move further from the heart?
The blood pressure in the arteries will decrease as they move further away from the heart. The arteries are the vessels which regulate the blood pressure from the heart.Ê
