Anatomy

🩸Arteries

12 arteries

Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body's tissues (except pulmonary arteries, which carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs). Their thick, muscular walls withstand high pressure.

Source: Wikipedia

💡The aorta is the largest artery, about the diameter of a garden hose, and blood travels through it at about 1 mile per hour.

12 structures

🩸 aorta 🩸 carotid artery 🩸 subclavian artery 🩸 coronary artery 🩸 pulmonary artery 🩸 femoral artery 🩸 brachial artery 🩸 radial artery 🩸 renal artery 🩸 mesenteric artery 🩸 iliac artery 🩸 celiac trunk

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