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Just simply mentioning the structure:
Arteries
High blood pressure (not sure if that counts as structure)
Thick outer wall
Thick layer of elastic-muscle fibre
Narrow central tube (lumen)
Smooth lining so no obstruction of blood flow
Veins
Low blood pressureThin outer wallThin layer of inelastic muscleWide central tube (lumen)Have flaps of valves
Capillaries
One cell thick wall
Highly branched networks
Pores in the walls between cells
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What is a blood artery?
There are three varieties of blood vessels: arteries, veins, and capillaries. During blood circulation, the arteries carry blood away from the heart. The capillaries connect the arteries to veins. Finally, the veins carry the blood back to the heart
Is the Pulmonary artery an organ?
no it is an extension of the lung used to transport blood
The structure of a lymphatic vessel is most similar to that of a artery?
the walls of lymphatic vessels are similar to those of veins
Does the artery have smooth muscles or the veins?
artery
Why do most tissues have a greater supply of capillaries than veins and arteries?
Capillaries service cells, arteries and veins transport blood to and from capillaries, respectively.
The differences of the structure of an artery a veins a capillary?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood to the heart, and capillaries branch off of arteries and veins. Capillaries are essentially min-arteries and min-veins.
Where does the blood flow through?
Veins and artery's and Capillaries
What are the different kinds of blood vessel?
artery, vein, arterioles, venules, capillaries
Where does a red blood cell go after the systemic arteries?
The systemic arteriole, then the capillaries, the venule, the vein, the vena cava, the heart, the pulmonary artery, the pulmonary arterioles, capillaries, the pulmonary veins, the heart, into the aorta, and back into the artery.
What are the parts of the blood vessels?
The answer is an artery(arteries), a vein(veins), and a capillary(capillaries)
What are arteries capillaries and veins?
They are blood vessels
What blood vessel connects the artery and vein?
The capillaries are the blood vessels that connect arteries and veins. Capillaries are the site of gas exchange in the body.
What are the smallest vessels that connect veins arteries?
Capillaries
What is a blood artery?
There are three varieties of blood vessels: arteries, veins, and capillaries. During blood circulation, the arteries carry blood away from the heart. The capillaries connect the arteries to veins. Finally, the veins carry the blood back to the heart
Is the artery the same size as your vein?
Arteries and veins can be different sizes, because large arteries branch into smaller arteries, which branch into capillaries. These capillaries branch into small veins, which branch into large veins. So yes, they can be (and usually are) the same size if (I am surmising this) they are the same distance from the capillaries.
From capillaries the blood flows into what?
Generally blood from the capillaries flows into venules which lead into larger veins and is then pumped to the heart. However there are a few exceptions where capillaries lead from one artery to another artery, but this only happens in the glomerular capsule of the kidney and the hypothalamus.
How is the structure of veins and arteries related to their fuction?
compare and contrast the structure of a vein and artery
