Anatomy Veins and Arteries

Vessels with narrow lumens

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Vessels with thick muscular and elastic walls

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Vessles that carry only oxygenated blood (except for pulmonary circulation)

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Vessels that carry high pressure blood

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Vessels that branch into arterolies

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Vessels that receive blood from the heart

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Vessels with wide lumens

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

vessels with thin but multiple cell layer thick walls

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Vessels that carry deoxygenated blood (except for pulmonary circulation)

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Vessels that carry blood under low pressure

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins