The narrow pipe-like structures that transport blood away from heart are _________.

veins

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venules

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arteries

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capillaries

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Solution

The correct option is C arteries
There are two main types of blood vessels. The arteries carry blood rich in oxygen and nutrients away from your heart, to the body tissues. The veins take oxygen-deficient blood back to the heart.

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Veins and arteries carry blood. Which of these carry blood :
(a) away from the heart ?
(b) back to the heart ?

Veins are the blood vessels which carry blood away from the heart.

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