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Arteries
Arteries are thick-walled blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from heart to various body parts.
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How do you fix a blocked artery?
Eating correctly and taking one aspirine a day, exercising and be worry free.
What are the health implications of a build up of plaque in the carotid arteries in the neck?
the arteries become narrowed and the flow of blood and oxygen is blocked. Blockages can cause pain in the chest (angina) and eventually, when the blood vessels are occluded (closed up), a heart attack.
Blood leaves the heart out of the aorta from which chamber?
The pulmonary artery leaves the right ventricle carrying deoxygenated blood with it -Hope this helps
How does the structure of the artery allow it to carry out its functions efficiently?
- thick cell wall to withstand pressure from the heart
- it has elastic tissue for elastic recoil to take place
and for an extension
- endothelium is folded to expand elastic recoil to let lots of blood through.
What kind of gas do arteries carry?
arteries carry oxygen
This is a trick question ! The answer above is absolutely right in that the arteries transport oxygen to everywhere in the body that might need it. The trick lies in the detail; the oxygen is not transported in the form of a gas.
What happens is this. Red blood cells contain a substance called haemoglobin; it's a solid. In the lungs oxygen reacts with this to form oxyhaemoglobin (also a solid). This travels round the arterial system; when a cell needs oxygen it grabs an oxygen atom from a passing red blood cell, at which point haemoglobin reappears in the red cell.
The teacher who set this question should be ashamed.
True or False Arteries have valves to allow blood to flow away from the heart?
true. Arteries have halves that allow for blood flow away form the heard but not toward the heart.
cerebral thrombosis .more commonly known as a stroke I(cereberal hemoradge). they can be minor or mini strokes, which often go unnoticed. or they can be major strokes, which can cripple one side of the body, cause blindness in one somtimes both eyes, or even death. the corodid artery supplies blood flow to the brain on the right and left side. when these become to clotted (narrowing), they usually lead to a major stroke. a stroke on the left side of the brain affects the right side of the body. and visa - versa.........Tom Wade....
a stroke
A Stroke
What health risks exist if you have artery blockage?
pressure may cause it to bulge like a balloon directly above or below the blockage, causing a weakening of the vessel wall. The aorta may eventually rupture, causing massive bleeding and death
What best describes the blood in the artery?
Hmm, that's an interesting question. The arteries suck the blood away from the heart. They both start with a's. If you wanted to be simple about the idea, you could say that the body is like a person sucking the blood through a straw (the arteries.).
It Moves Away From The Heart - Apex
How are arteries that lead from your heart to your lungs different from other arteries?
the artieries that lead to your heart have carbon dioxide (Co2) in them and the arteries that lead to your body are carrying oxygen to the body parts
What is the heart valve between the right ventricle and the aorta?
There is no valve between the right ventricle and the aorta, except in the fetal stage of development when the foramen ovalae allows used blood from the vena cavae to circulate in the fetus' blood stream along with oxygenated blood from the umbilical arteries.
Fatty deposit on the walls of arteries?
A substance called plaque can build up on the inner walls of the artery causing blockage that does not allow blood to flow through easily. Plaque consists of a variety of substances, including calcium, fat, cholesterol and cellular waste.
The passing of a catheter into the heart is known as cardiac catheterization. This procedure is performed by a cardiologist in a catheterization lab, commonly called a cath lab. A long, thin tube is placed through a blood vessel to the heart.
arteries are red. veins are blue to whoever said the opposite.
It is the superficial femoral artery that is the longest in the human body.
Why is it much easier to stop blood flowing from a vein than a artery?
the blood flowing in a vein is under a lot less pressure than in an artery, generally veins carry blood back towards the heart from the various parts of your body whereas arteries are the main outlet distributers from the heart itself.
When shooting drugs is it better to shoot in a vein or an artery?
Because veins go directly to the heart whereas the artery's go around the body before going to the heart. When it reaches the heart it is distributed to where it is needed.
What is the success rate of carotid endarterectomy?
If you DON'T do something about the arterial plaque, you WILL have a stroke when some of the plaque breaks free.
What type of blood is in the pulmonary arteries?
Deoxygenated. The blood is carried by the pulmonary arteries from the heart to the lungs to replenish the oxygen.
The outermost layer of an artery or vein is called the?
The outer layer is called the tunica externa (or tunica adventitia) and is composed mostly of connective tissue
What is the structer of an artery?
The walls of the arteries are genrally very thick. The innermost layer is made up of epithgelial cells. The middle layer consist mostley of muscle tissue. The outermost layer is made up of flexible connective tissue. The material allows it to withstand the force of the pumping blood.
Got it from the TXT book =D
"largest" artery in the body is the aorta, which is the main artery that comes off the left ventricle.
