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thermal regulation, heat from the arteries is not lost, and can be transferred to blood in the veins, thus making it easier for the body to maintain heat.
The pulsating effect from the arteries muscular wall also acts as a pump to push blood in the veins back up the body often against gravity.
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How does lyph move?
The lymph moves with the nerves, arteries, and veins.
What are facts your veins and arteries?
if you attach your veins and arteries together,it will go around the world
Are bones supplied with arteries veins and nerves?
Yes. Bones have their blood supply through arteries and they have veins to drain blood. They also have nerve supply.
What nerves send blood to the body?
Nerves do not send blood, rather it is arteries and veins that transports blood throughout the body.
What is it called when arteries and veins are together?
Capillaries
What link arteries and veins together?
These are called capillaries.
What are the organs that work together in the circulatory system?
even though the arteries and veins aren't organs,they would be the heart,veins,and the arteries.
Describe the position of accessible veins for venous access in relation to arteries nerves and other anatomical structures?
describ the position of venous blood vessels in relation to arteries, nerves and other structures
What are facts about veins and arteries?
If you gather all the veins and arteries together in your body, then it could wrap around the earth, twice!There are some veins and arteries that are smaller than a price of your hair!
why are umbilical arteries called arteries and not veins?
Arteries are called arteries because they ALWAYS take blood away from the heart. Veins ALWAYS take blood back to the heart. It does not matter if they have blood high in oxygen or not. These are anatomical terms not physiological terms.
What are arteries capillaries and veins?
They are blood vessels
Are arteries always deeper than veins?
Almost all of the time, they are.
