What are the 7 blood vessels?

What are the 7 blood vessels?

There are various kinds of blood vessels:

• Arteries.
• Elastic arteries.
• Distributing arteries.
• Arterioles.
• Capillaries (smallest blood vessels)
• Venules.
• Veins. Large collecting vessels, such as the subclavian vein, the jugular vein, the renal vein and the iliac vein. …
• Sinusoids.

What are the 3 blood vessel types?

There are three types of blood vessels:

• Arteries carry blood away from your heart.
• Veins carry blood back toward your heart.
• Capillaries, the smallest blood vessels, connect arteries and veins.

What are the 5 types of blood vessels?

There are five classes of blood vessels: arteries and arterioles (the arterial system), veins and venules (the venous system), and capillaries (the smallest bloods vessels, linking arterioles and venules through networks within organs and tissues) (Fig 1).

What are blood vessels used for?

Those vessels keep blood flowing, supplying your tissues with oxygen and nutrients, and keeping your organs, including the heart, healthy. In the embryo, specialised cells form the blood vessel lining, while other cells build up into the layers of the blood vessel.

What are the 3 blood vessels and their functions?

Arteries transport blood away from the heart. Veins return blood back toward the heart. Capillaries surround body cells and tissues to deliver and absorb oxygen, nutrients, and other substances. The capillaries also connect the branches of arteries and to the branches of veins.

What’s the main artery called?

The largest artery is the aorta, the main high-pressure pipeline connected to the heart’s left ventricle. The aorta branches into a network of smaller arteries that extend throughout the body. The arteries’ smaller branches are called arterioles and capillaries.