blood vessels
- Created by: Muskaan Dhaliwal
- Created on: 07-08-19 17:23
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- blood vessels
- arteries
- carries blood away from the heart
- thick muscular walls
- small lumen
- carry blood under high pressure
- carries oxygenated blood (except the pulmonary artery)
- veins
- carry blood to the heart
- thin walls
- large lumen
- carry blood under low pressure
- have valves to stop blood flowing in the wrong direction
- carry deoxygenated blood (except the pulmonary artery)
- capillaries
- connects arteries and veins
- one cell thick to allow diffusion
- carries blood under very low pressure
- arteries
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