Circulatory

Cards (7)

  • Artery - carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
  • Capillaries - one-cell thick vessels where gas exchange takes place
  • Vein - carries deoxygenated blood back to heart
  • aorta - largest artery
  • vena cava - largest veins (anterior and posterior)
  • Pulmonary arteries - the only arteries that carry deoxygenated blood
  • Pulmonary veins - the only veins that carry oxygenated blood