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the heart
veins, arteries, capillaries
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Arteries
Carry very
high
pressure blood from the
heart
to the organs in the body
Arteries
Have very
thick muscular walls
to withstand the very high pressure of the
blood
Contain
elastic fibers
that stretch when the surge of
blood
passes through and then recoil in between the surges to keep the
blood
moving
Capillaries
Where substances such as
glucose
and
oxygen
diffuse from the
blood
to the cells, and carbon dioxide
diffuses
from the cells back to the
blood
Capillaries
Have very
thin walls
so the diffusion pathway is very
short
, allowing substances to diffuse rapidly between the
blood
and the body cells
Veins
Carry
blood
back to the
heart
Veins
Have
thin
walls because the blood pressure is
low
Contain
valves
that stop blood flow
backwards
when the blood is flowing in the correct direction
Blood travels through the
arteries
and surges every time the heart
beats
, which can be felt as a pulse in the wrist
Once the blood has passed through the
organs
, it makes its way back to the heart through the
veins
The blood travels
slowly
under
low
pressure in the veins, which means it could stop or even go backwards