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    Blood is transported through three types of blood vessels: arteries, which carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and have thick muscular walls; veins, which carry deoxygenated blood towards the heart and have thin walls; and capillaries, which connect arteries and veins and allow for the exchange of molecules between blood and cells through their thin, one-cell thick walls.

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    Blood is transported through three types of blood vessels: arteries, which carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and have thick muscular walls; veins, which carry deoxygenated blood towards the heart and have thin walls; and capillaries, which connect arteries and veins and allow for the exchange of molecules between blood and cells through their thin, one-cell thick walls.

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    HEART VESSELS

    STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BLOOD VESSELS


    BLOOD IS TRANSPORTED
    IN ARTERIES, VEINS AND CAPILLARIES

    1. Blood is pumped from the heart in the arteries.


    2. It is returned to the heart in the veins.
    3. The capillaries connect the two types of blood vessel and molecules are
    exchanged between the blood and the cells across their walls.
    ARTIERS

    1. Carry blood at high pressure away from the heart


    2. Carry oxygenated blood (other than the pulmonary artery)
    3. Have thick muscular walls containing elastic fibres
    4. Have a narrow lumen
    5. Speed of flow is fast
    VEINS
    1. CARRY BLOOD AT LOW PRESSURE TOWARDS THE HEART
    2. CARRY DEOXYGENATED BLOOD (OTHER THAN THE
    PULMONARY VEIN)
    3. HAVE THIN WALLS
    4. HAVE A LARGE LUMEN
    5. CONTAIN VALVES
    6. SPEED OF FLOW IS SLOW
    CAPILLARIES

    1. CARRY BLOOD AT LOW PRESSURE


    2. WITHIN TISSUES CARRY BOTH
    OXYGENATED AND DEOXYGENATED
    BLOOD
    3. HAVE WALLS THAT ARE ONE CELL
    THICK
    4. HAVE ʻLEAKYʼ WALLS
    5. SPEED OF FLOW IS SLOW

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