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The heart itself performs no changes to the blood, (with the exception of removing some of the oxygen through diffusion, for the heart to use in its respiration).
Its role is simply to pump the blood through both the pulmonary circulatory system and the main circulatory system.
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∙ 12y agoThe heart contracts, pumping blood towards the lungs, where it is oxygenated, and then pumped back to the heart, where it pumps throughout the body.
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∙ 13y agoNo the heart does not make blood- the blood is made by the bone marrow.
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∙ 12y agopump the blood throw the body
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What is the tube that leads to the heart?
The arteries and veins are the tubes that are connected to the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veins carry blood to the heart.
What pumps blood round your body?
the heart pumps the blood around your body through blood vessels , the artery which pumps blood from the heart to the rest of the body and veins which pump blood from the organs back to the heart.
Which structures carry blood back to the heart?
The veins carries blood from the body to the heart.
Do veigns carry the blood away from the heart or to the heart?
the blood cells help it from getting discinigrated.
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 blood vessels carry blood into the heart?
Veins carry blood to the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart.
What are the three components of the cardiovascular system?
The five main parts are the arteries, capillaries, veins, heart and most people don't count blood but blood is also one!
What would happen if the blood entering the heart mix with blood leaving the heart?
if blood entering the heart gets mixed with blood leaving the heart the the blood leaving the heart will get poluted. the blood entering the heart is poluted when it enters the heart, the heart cleans it up; so when the blood leaves the heart it is clean so if it gets polluted the person may get sick and this leads to his/her death.
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 tube that leads to the heart?
The arteries and veins are the tubes that are connected to the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veins carry blood to the heart.
What are three parts of the cardiovascular system?
-Capillaries bring blood and nutrients to every cell. They are smaller than your hair. -Veins bring non-oxygenated blood back to the heart, so that the blood can become reoxygenated. -Arteries take the blood straight from your heart. They are very flexible so that they will not break every time the heart pumps blood.
What moves blood through the blood vessels?
Your heart. Your heart pumps and that moves the blood.
What blood vessels take away the blood from the heart?
Arteries take away blood from the heart. Veins return blood to the heart.
How does your heart create blood?
The heart produce no blood
What vein carries blood to the heart?
All of them. Veins carry blood from the body to the heart, arteries carry blood from the heart to the body.
Which organ pumps blood?
The heart pumps blood through the rest of the body.
What direction do the arteries move blood?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry low oxygenated blood back to or towards the heart.
