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Do arteries transport blood from the heart to the lungs and then back to the heart?
Arteries transport blood from the heart to all the organs of the body (including the lungs), where they branch into capillaries for cells to take up oxygen and nutrients, and...
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Why are the arteries and veins connected by the capillaries? If veins carry de-oxygenated blood and arteries carry oxygenated blood, why are they connected?
Veins and arteries are just nomenclature:one carries oxygenated blood the other de-oxygenated to various end points of the body. You need a return path to the heart/lung system: this is...
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How many pulmonary arteries empty into the right atrium of the heart?
The deoxygenated blood enters both vena cava's(superior and inferior) then into the right atrium, the right ventricle then up into the pulmonary artery which takes the blood to the lungs...
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Someone with heart disease may need to have their arteries scraped to clean them of plaque. This procedure can cause the arteries to collapse. What is the name of the device that supports the arteries and keeps them open?
Plaque, essentially just lipid deposits, develops in the coronary arteries of the heart leading to poor circulation. Because the heart itself needs oxygen in order to function properly, if the...
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Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
The ARTERIES are major blood vessels connected to your heart. 1. The pulmonary artery carries blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs to pick...
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Do all veins carry oxygen-rich blood?
Actually, almost all veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart. I say almost because if we talk about fetal circulation, the exception applies. In fetal circulation, the umbilical...
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How does the pulmonary vein differ from other veins?
The only difference between Pulmonary veins and other veins is that , pulmonary vein carry oxygenated blood towards heart while other veins carry deoxygenated blood towards heart.
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Is the correct order of blood flow capillaries, arteries, arterioles, veins, venules;
arterioles, arteries, capillaries, veins, venules; veins, venules, capillaries, arterioles, arteries; or arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins?
The Aorta is the main highway that receives blood from the heart. It splits into Arteries, these split into smaller arterioles, then even smaller capillaries . After the Erythrocytes...
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Why doesn't the blood clot in the blood vessels? Blood contains platelet cells which help in clotting of blood when there is any cut on our body. Why doesn't it clot when blood is present inside the blood vessel in a normal healthy body?
Heparin is an anticoagulant which does not allow the blood to clot in the blood vessels
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Do the veins of the systemic circuit carry oxygenated or deoxygenated blood? Do the veins of the pulmonary circuit carry oxygenated or deoxygenated blood?
The veins in the systemic circuit carry Deoxygenated blood but the veins in the pulmonary circuit carry Oxygenated blood. Read this for more.
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