Question

List in tabular from three differences between arteries and veins

Answer 1

Answer:

Arteries

Veins

1.

They carry oxygenated blood from heart except pulmonary artery

They carry deoxygenated blood towards heart except pulmonary vein.

2.

They are thick walled with narrow lumen

They are thick walled with wide lumen. 

3.

They do not have valves and blood flows with high pressure.

They have valves and blood flows with low pressure.

Answer 2

Answer:

Arteries:

1. Arteries carry oxygenated blood except pulmonary arteries
2. Arteries carry blood from heart to body parts
3. Arteries are thick and elastic
4. pulmonary artery carry deoxygenated blood from right ventricle to lungs
5. main arteries called aorta

Veins:

1. veins carry deoxygenated blood except pulmonary vein
2. veins carry blood from body parts to heart
3. veins are thin and less elastic
4. pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from lungs to left arteries
5. main veins called venacava