Meet Your Heart · Heart
Arteries out, veins back, capillaries in between.
Your blood travels through tubes called blood vessels. Arteries generally carry blood away from your heart; veins generally bring it back.
Between them sit the capillaries — vessels so thin that oxygen and nutrients simply drift across their walls into the tissues. Artery → capillary → vein is the standard round trip.
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