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Figure 1. The heart. The heart and major blood vessels viewed from the front (anterior). Inset shows the relationship of
the heart to other structures in the thoracic cavity.
 Figure 2. Diagram of blood flow in the cardiovascular system. Blood leaves the heart through arteries and then
travels through arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins before returning to the opposite side of the heart.

Figure 3. Artery and vein. Schematic drawings of an artery, A, and a vein, B, show comparative thicknesses of the three
layers: the outer layer or tunica externa, the muscle layer or tunica media, and the tunica intima made of endothelium.
Note that the muscle and outer layer are much thinner in veins than in arteries and that veins have valves.
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