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The contractions and relaxation of the muscles in the heart cause the blood to be pumped around the body. The contractions push the blood out of the heart and cause it took be pushed around the body in 0.8 seconds. Other muscles in the heart relax so blood may flow into another chamber of the heart.
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Does the heart pump blood to the body?
Yes, the heart does pump blood to the body. The heart pumps blood away from it and to the body through arteries, and then the blood comes back to the heart through veins (If you need this information for a quiz, an easy way to remember this is: arteries: away, and so obviously veins: to the heart).
Do veins carry oxygenated blood or deoxygenated blood?
Deoxygenated With the exception of the pulmonary vessels, veins carry deoxygenated blood; arteries carry oxygenated blood.
Do veins carry away blood from the heart?
No...... Arteries carry blood away from the heart.
Why are the differences in the amount of elastic fibers and smooth muscle fibers in the tunica media of elastic arteries and muscular arteries is important to their function?
The elastic arteries are huge and allow for large amounts of blood to go through them. They need elastic fibers so they can stretch and return to their original state--basically they want to make it easy for large amounts of blood to pass through. Muscular arteries are responsible for getting blood to various locations, so they contract and dilate according to the immediate needs of the tissue they are supplying.
What is so special about these blood vessels that's makes it easy for substances to pass in and out?
when blood is in vessel, the blood may be black.
What is special about the pulmonary artery?
The pulmonary artery goes away from the heart, so does not actually do anything for the heart. However, once blood enters the heart via the venae cavae (the veins that bring the body's entire blood supply into the heart) it then travels through the right atrium to the right ventricle, through yes!, the pulmonary artery (pulmonary means pertaining to the lungs) . From there the blood travels to the lungs through the pulmonary artery and branches into capillaries, where the exchange of carbon dioxide to oxygen occurs. The blood then travels back to the heart through the pulmonary vein, the exception to the rule that veins are oxygen-poor. From there the blood enters the left atrium, is pumped into the left ventricle, and from there is pushed into the aorta where it travels to supply the entire body with the now-oxygenated blood. So, that is the relationship the pulmonary artery has with the heart. The cornonary arteries, which feed off of the aorta, are what supply the heart itself with blood. Just in case that's what you were looking for by asking this question. Hope that answers your question!!!!!
Are capillaries veins or arteries?
neither actually,they are the smallest blood vessels in the body which allow the blood to reach the tissues,and also carry the blood back to the venules,which go to the veins which carry the blood back to the heart
Which vessels carry blood from the body to the heart?
The pulmonary arteries, and superior and inferior vena cava. Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.The veins are the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart.Blood from the head and arms returns to the heart through the superior vena cava, and blood from the lower parts of the body returns through the inferior vena cava. Both vena cavae deliver this oxygen-depleted blood into the right atrium. From here the blood exits to fill the right ventricle, ready to be pumped into the pulmonary circulation for more oxygen.veinsVeinVeins carry blood to heart and Arteries carry blood away from the heart. My biology teacher told me an easy way to remember this is by saying Arteries Away. (Both start with an A).Deoxygenated blood returns to the heart via the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava. Oxygenated blood comes to the heart via the Coronary Arteries.viens
How can you tell the difference between an artery and a nerve?
Arteries and nerves have nothing in common with each other. Arteries carry oxygenated blood from the Heart to the body, where as the nerves carry electrical impulses from the Brain. Arteries and nerves are not hard to tell apart, nor are they easy to see. Nerves are microscopic so they are very hard to see with the naked eye. The arteries are very deep within our bodies which makes them hard to see. To answer your question Arteries are like large tubes that are red in colour where as nerves are usually depicted as thread like organisms that are usually white or silver in colour.
Why do capillaries permit the diffusion of materials whereas arteries and veins do not?
why do capillaries permit the diffusion of materials, whereas arteries and veins do not? Because the capillaries are the only blood vessels whose walls are thin enough to permit exchanges between the blood and the surrounding interstitial fluid
The heart beat felt in the wrist?
At the wrist, there's a fairly large blood vessel that runs close to the skin, which makes it easy to feel. Most other places the big vessels run deeper in your body. And what's causing the pulse, that's the heart beat. Every time the heart beats, it push out a squirt of blood, causing the pressure in the blood vessels to increase for a moment. Where the vessels are close to the skin, we can feel it To make it more easier, listen to this. It is because of the pumping of blood by the heart to our different arteries.
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