Question

Point out two differences between an artery and a vein.

Answer 1

Vein carries blood from tissues of body to the heart.

Arteries carries blood back away from heart to tissue of the body.

Veins are usually found closer beneath the skin.

Arteries are found deeper within the body.

Answer 2

Arteries carry blood from the heart to different parts of the body while Veins collect blood from body and carry it back to the heart.

Arteries have thick, elastic and muscular walls while veins have thin , less muscular walls.

Generally an artery carries oxygeneted blood while a vein carries deoxygeneted blood.