The Heart and Blood Vessels

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What is the job of the arteries?

To carry blood away from the heart

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What are the walls of arteries like?

Thick muscular and elastic with small lumen

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What is the structure/function of arteries?

Thick walls to carry blood under high pressure

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What is the job of capillaries?

To make substances diffuse in and out of the lungs

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What are the walls of capillaries like?

One cell thick

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What is the structure/function of capillaries?

Thin walls/shirt diffusion path for fast diffusion

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What is the job of the veins?

To carry blood to the heart

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What are the walls of veins like?

Thin with large lumen

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What is the structure/function of the veins?

Have valves to prevent blood flowing backwards

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