Admin What carries blood leaving the heart?
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.
What are blood vessels leading to and leaving from the heart?
The major blood vessels connected to your heart are the aorta, the superior vena cava, the inferior vena cava, the pulmonary artery (which takes oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs where it is oxygenated), the pulmonary veins (which bring oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart), and the coronary …
Which blood vessels drain blood from the brain back to the heart?
jugular vein
jugular vein, any of several veins of the neck that drain blood from the brain, face, and neck, returning it to the heart via the superior vena cava.
Which of the following receives blood from the capillaries?
Arterioles connect with even smaller blood vessels called capillaries. Through the thin walls of the capillaries, oxygen and nutrients pass from blood into tissues, and waste products pass from tissues into blood. From the capillaries, blood passes into venules, then into veins to return to the heart.
Which blood vessel empties directly into the superior vena cava?
The superior vena cava is formed by the left and right brachiocephalic veins, which receive blood from the upper limbs, head and neck. The inferior vena cava returns blood from the abdomen and lower limbs. The hepatic veins of the liver and renal veins of the kidney drain directly into the inferior vena cava.
Which veins pass through the transverse vertebral foramina?
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| What veins pass through the transverse vertebral foramina? | Vertebral veins |
| The external jugular veins drain what area? | Superficial regions of the head and musculature of the skin, scalp, face |
| The brachiocephalic veins take blood to what vessel? | Superior vena cava |
Which type of blood vessel contains blood at the highest pressure?
aorta
As shown in the figure, the aorta and arteries have the highest pressure. The mean aortic pressure (solid red line) is about 90 mmHg in a resting individual with normal arterial pressures. The mean blood pressure does not fall very much as the blood flows down the aorta and through large distributing arteries.