Monday, March 8, 2010

Arteries

    
                            
How is blood traveling around our bodies? Well our blood travels in tubes that are all around our body. One of the tubes in our body that carries the blood, which is the red blood and that tube is called an Artery. Arteries are the biggest tubes in your body and they carry the rich blood which is the red blood. Another thing arteries can do is that they can pump blood faster then the veins.Your arteries also carry your blood away from the heart and the blood that is taken away from your heart is the blood that has oxygen and that blood is red which is the blood that comes out of you when you scratch your self on a hard rock floor like a road or a side walk. Even your arteries have thicker walls then your capillaries and veins but why does your arteries have thick walls? Well arteries have thick walls because they can't let the blood leak out. That is why your arteries have thick walls. Did you know that the largest artery in your body is called the Aorta and the Aorta is connected to your heart. But are there any other tubes that make are blood travel to every cell in our body?


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