Question

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S. No Structure/ Function of blood vessels
Artery
Vein
1.
Thickness of walls (thick/thin)
Rounded
Irregular, often
Collapsed
2.
Valves (present/absent)
3.
Capacity to retain shape when blood is
absent (can retain/can't retain)
Direction of blood flow (heart to
organs/ body organs to heart)
5.
Pressure in the vessel (low/high)
6.
Type of blood transported
(oxygenated /de-oxygenated)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Blood is carried through the body via blood vessels. An artery is a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart, where it branches into ever-smaller vessels. Eventually, the smallest arteries, vessels called arterioles, further branch into tiny capillaries, where nutrients and wastes are exchanged, and then combine with other vessels that exit capillaries to form venules, small blood vessels that carry blood to a vein, a larger blood vessel that returns blood to the heart.

Arteries and veins transport blood in two distinct circuits: the systemic circuit and the pulmonary circuit. In the systemic circuit, arteries provide blood rich in oxygen to the body’s tissues. The blood returned to the heart through systemic veins has less oxygen, since much of the oxygen carried by the arteries has been delivered to the cells. In contrast, in the pulmonary circuit, arteries carry blood low in oxygen exclusively to the lungs for gas exchange. Pulmonary veins then return freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart to be pumped back out into systemic circulation. Although arteries and veins differ structurally and functionally, they share certain features.

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