Bio 2.2 Keeping the Blood Flowing

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What three blood vessels carry blood around the body?
Arteries, Veins and Capillaries
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What features do Arteries have?
Thick walls of muscle and elastic tissue
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What do Arteries do?
Carry Blood away from the Heart
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What features do veins have?
Veins have thinner walls than Arteries, usually have Valves
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What do Veins do?
Veins carry blood to the Heart
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What features do capillaries have?
1 Cell thick Semi-Permeable membrane
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What do Capillaries do?
Carry blood through organs allowing for exchange of substances with any living cell in the body.
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Stents do what?
Keep narrow blood vessels open for efficient blood flow.
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Thick walls of muscle and elastic tissue

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