always away from the heart supplying blood to the body
Blood flows away from the heart and is measured as blood pressure. This is a measure of the passage or flow and the resistance of the flow in the arteries.
No, veins have the valves, arteries don't.
arteries are lined with smooth muscles
It means your blood flow is perfect up in the ol' noggin.
Your heartbeat
Blood pressure decreases as blood moves from arteries to veins. For this reason, veins have valves to encourage the one-way flow of blood back to the heart.
Arteries flow away from the heart. That's a technical answer. Some blood tubes that look like arteries flow into the heat to nourish it. Of interest is the pulmonary artery, the only artery to carry un-oxygenated blood. It carries blood to the lungs where it is oxygenated.
arterioles
No, veins have the valves, arteries don't.
veins and arteries
the arteries
capillaries