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What are the chief blood reservoirs in the human body?
Veins, liver and spleen
Does veins function as blood reservoirs whenever blood pressure increases by venous walls constricting?
true
What is the functions of arteries and the veins?
to carry blood to and from the kidneys.
What are the functions of coronary veins?
To feed Oxygenated blood to the heart
What are blood reservoirs?
The veins are generally considered blood reservoirs. This is due to their ability to hold a lot of volume at a relatively low pressure (due to their thin walls compared to arteries). They generally hold 50-80% of the entire blood volume of the body.
Where is most of the volume of blood located in the circulatory system?
Most of the volume of blood in the circulatory system is located in the veins and venules. These blood vessels act as reservoirs, holding the majority of the body's blood volume and allowing for regulation of blood pressure and distribution of blood to tissues.
What is the functions of valves in the heart and the veins?
valves prevent backflow of blood
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 serve as blood reservoirs?
Veins have strong celular walls & also contain valves.The valves stop blood from pooling backwards as the heart pumps blood around. Its important to remember that blood in the veins is under low pressure & are returning blood back towards the heart & are de oxygenated.Arteries are larger & the blood in them is under very high pressure & is highly oxygenated. Blood from veins is much darker as it has less oxygen being carried.Arterial blood is much lighter red colour as it is highly oxygenated.
What are the functions of the 5 blood vessels?
Artery, arterioles, veins, veniouls and cappilierys
What are the major functions of the heart arteries veins and capillaries?
They pump blood trough our body
What are the main kinds of blood vessel and what functions do they perform?
The main kind of blood vessels are Veins,Arteries, and Capillaries. Arteries carry oxygenated blood to other organs. Veins carry blood with carbon dioxide back to the heart. Capillaries connect Veins and Arteries and let oxygen out to the organs and carbon dioxide in to the veins.
