How Do You Tell The Difference Between A Vein And An Artery?
These are the main things to know about veins and arteries. A Vein is a blood vessel through which blood flows from the rest of the body TOWARDS the human heart. An artery is a blood vessel through which blood flows AWAY FROM the human heart into the rest of the body. The walls of a vein are very thin. They have many membranes and not much structure to them. That is, they can be susceptible to collapsing. This is how varicose veins happen. The walls of an artery are very thick and muscular. This helps our heart pump blood through them to the rest of the body, even against the forces of gravity. The smallest and thinnest of blood vessels is called a capillary. These carry oxygen rich blood from larger blood vessels to your body’s soft tissue.
