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What carries blood from heart to other parts?
Arteries transport blood from the heart to the body tissues. Veins carry blood back to the heart.
What carry the blood around the body?
The circulatory system is made up of blood vessels that carry blood away from and towards the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood back to the heart. The circulatory system carries oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells, and removes waste products, like carbon dioxide.
What is the parts of the heart?
The heart is made up of four chambers: two upper chambers known as the left atrium and right atrium and two lower chambers called the left and right ventricles. It is also made up of four valves: the tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral and aortic valves.
How many tubes are in your heart?
There are four valves in the heart – the aortic valve, the tricuspid valve, the mitral valve, and the pulmonary valve. The two valves that do the most work are the aortic and the mitral valve.
What is the main vein of the heart?
The superior vena cava is the large vein that brings blood from the head and arms to the heart, and the inferior vena cava brings blood from the abdomen and legs into the heart.
Which artery carries the most blood?
aorta
The largest artery in the body is the aorta, which is connected to the heart and extends down into the abdomen (Figure 7.4. 2). The aorta has high-pressure, oxygenated blood pumped directly into it from the left ventricle of the heart.
What are the tubes that carry blood away from the heart?
PRESENTER: ‘The tubes that carry blood away from your heart, are called arteries, shown in red here. The tubes that carry blood back to your heart, shown in blue, are called veins. The flow of blood is controlled by strong valves, which is why you can hear your heart going “lub-dub, lub-dub, lub-dub”.’
What carries blood from the heart to the blood vessels?
The arteries (red) carry oxygen and nutrients away from your heart, to your body’s tissues. The veins (blue) take oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. Arteries begin with the aorta, the large artery leaving the heart. They carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to all of the body’s tissues.
How does blood travel through the circulatory system?
As the heart beats, it pumps blood through a system of blood vessels, called the circulatory system. The vessels are elastic tubes that carry blood to every part of the body. Blood is essential. It carries oxygen and nutrients to your body’s tissues; It takes carbon dioxide and waste products away from the tissues.
What are the tubes that carry blood to the brain called?
The main tubes that carry blood to the brain are the carotid arteries. They are east to locate in your neck. What are small tubes that carry blood called? Capillaries