Pressure Backflow

Blood vessels
Veins Thinner Oxygen
There are three main types of blood vessels:
Oxygenated Capillaries
1. Arteries
Valves
2. Capillaries
Low Carbon dioxide
3. Veins
Heart Deoxygenated
Use the words in the box to fill in the gaps:
pressure
1. Arteries carry blood at high ……………………………….. away from the
heart
…………………….
Oxygen
2. The blood in most arteries is …………………………………………………... blood.

Veins low
3. ………………….... drain the blood back from the tissue to the heart at …………….
pressure.

thinner
4. Veins have …………….…….. walls than arteries, and carry
Valves
……………………………………..… blood back to the heart.

Valves backflow
5. Veins have …………………………. to prevent the …………………………………..….. of
blood

Capillaries
6. ……………………………………………….. are the smallest blood vessels

Carbon dioxide
7. Capillaries are where gases are exchanged, including ………………..…
oxygen
…………………………….…. and ……………………….. .

Draw diagrams of the three main types of blood vessels in the boxes below, and write
the name under each diagram.

Artery Vein Capillaries