Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Describe the structural differences between an artery and a vein.
Mention two structural differences between an artery and a vein.
उत्तर
| Artery | Vein |
| An artery is a vessel that carries blood away from the heart towards any organ. | A vein is a vessel which conveys the blood away from an organ towards the heart. |
| An artery has thick muscular walls. | A vein has thin muscular walls. |
| It has a narrow lumen. | It has a broad lumen. |
| There are no valves. | Thin pocket-shaped valves are present in the veins. |
| Arteries progressively decrease in size and branch to form arterioles. Arterioles further break up to form capillaries. | Capillaries unite to form branches called Venules. Venules further unite to form veins. |
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the function of valves present in between atria and ventricles.
A blood vessel which carries blood back to the heart is:
Which of the following statement is true (T) and which ones are false (F)? Mark T or F:
Platelets help in clotting of blood.
Name the instruments used for measuring blood pressure.
Name the blood vessels entering the heart and leaving the heart.
Name the Blood vessels entering liver and kidney and Blood vessels leaving liver and kidney.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
The blood vessel that begins and ends in capillaries is the _________.
State the Function: Pulmonary vein
Identify the term that refers to the study of blood vessels.
The extracellular fluid released from the capillaries is ____________.
