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Arteries send blood away from the heart while veins send blood to the heart.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoarteries are bigger and are full of oxygen,they carry blood away from the heart.Veins are smaller and carry blood to the heart
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segmental artery, renal artery, renal vein, arcule vein, interlobular vein, interlobular artery
Name the large veins and arteries that carry blood to and from the kidney?
The Renal vein/arteryRenal Arteries (to) and Renal Veins (from)
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The arteries of the pulmonary circulation differ from those of the systemic circulation in that they carry?
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arteries
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Arteries are larger and have more power from the heart therefore arterial bleeding is more profuse than bleeding from a vein.
What is the main and largest vein in the body called?
the pulmonary vein?
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arteries
Blood vessel carrying oxygen rich blood?
Arteries (except the pulmonary artery) and one vein the pulmonary vein.
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segmental
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NO.Portal vein is a vein,but is an important supply to liver which carries nutrients absorbed from gastrointestinal tract and spleen.Meseteric arteries are the arteries supplying intestine.On the other hand superior mesenteric vein is a tribuatory to portal vein.
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I BELIEVE THE CORRECT ANSWER IS THE PHRENIC .
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Capillaries do
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vein
