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Blood is returned to the heart via the veins. Some of the main veins are: Jugular veins (from head) Pulmonary veins (from lungs) Portal vein Azygos vein Superior vena cava Inferior vena cava Iliac vein Femoral vein (from legs) Popliteal vein Great saphenous vein Small saphenous

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Vessel that moves blood to the heart?

it is a vein. I got it from my seventh grade science textbook.


Which vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the brain back to the right side of the heart?

The vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the brain back to the right side of the heart is the jugular vein. Specifically, the internal jugular vein collects blood from the brain and neck and drains it into the brachiocephalic vein, which then empties into the superior vena cava. This blood ultimately returns to the right atrium of the heart.


Which blood vessel transport blood to the heart and which blood vessel transport blood away from heart?

Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart are the veins. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called arteries. veins


What is the vessel that brings blood back to the heart?

Veins


What is a human vein?

A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.


Blood vessel that carry blood going back to the heart?

Veins.


What is the description of veins?

A blood vessel that carries blood that is low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxy-hemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system, which returns blood to the heart. In contrast, an artery is a vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen away from the heart to the body.


What is the blood vessel which carries blood from the tissues to the heart?

Veins carry deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart.


What type of blood vessel takes blood cells from back to the heart?

Arteries carry oxygen-poor blood from the heart; veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart.


What describes the next step after the blood has traveled from the heart to the toes?

The blood returns to the heart through veins.


Which vein returns blood back to the heart?

Pulmonary vein


What is the rupture of a blood vessel?

If a blood vessel ruptures, it has developed a leak. In an artery (going away from the heart) the blood will leak much faster than in a vein (going back to the heart).