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In veins blood moves towards the heart. i.e., carry impure blood except pulmonary vein which carry pure blood. As the blood is impure or anoxygenic veins appear blue and are placed superficially in body. Blood pressure and velocity are lower in viens as compare to arteries and there are no valves like arteries in viens.
It moves toward the heart. Apex
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What describes the blood flowing in a vein?
It moves toward the heart
Which best describes the blood in a vein?
it moves toward the heart <apex>
As the blood leaves the kidney it is flowing through the?
veins and back to the heart.
What is a device that would keep blood flowing backward through a vein?
i think you mean bypass
Why is it easier to stop blood flowing from a vein than an artery?
the blood flowing in a vein is under a lot less pressure than in an artery, generally veins carry blood back towards the heart from the various parts of your body whereas arteries are the main outlet distributers from the heart itself.
If a man cut their vein they can live or die?
If the blood is allowed to continue flowing, then the man would eventually die from blood loss.
What describes the next step after the blood has traveled from the heart to the toes?
The blood returns to the heart through veins.
What is the different between capillary and valve?
A capilliary is a minute blood vessel - a valve is something found usually in a vein or artery - which stops blood flowing 'backwards'
What happens if a blood clot is not removed from the main vein between the abdomen and heart and the blood is flowing through other veins in the abdomen in order to keep flow?
death
When you give blood what vessel do they take it from?
A superficial vein on the medial of the of the arm called the Cephalic vein. Of course blood can be taken from just about any visible vein nowadays but that is the best candidate for the large volume taken when donating blood.
What prevents blood from flowing backward in vein?
Blood is a constant whereabout in our bodies. As of such a frequent heartbeat exists within our system. Which causes the blood within our bodies to flow forward, in lamense terms it produces a very large push for the blood to distribute it's nutrients throughout the body and back within our heart and out again. This constant push is what prevents blood from flowing backwards in your veins.
What major blood vessels take blood to the hepatic vein?
the gastrosplenic vein joins the superior mesenteric vein and takes blood to the hepatic vein
