MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -As we have said, the blood is not being pushed back by the heart and so it has Low Pressure and fairly smooth Flow when you are lying down at rest. It is for these 2 reasons that veins do not Pulsate – which is why you can’t feel a pulse in the veins – only in the arteries.

Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues of the body. Veins carry blood depleted of oxygen from the same tissues back to the heart. The arteries are the vessels with the “pulse, ‘’ a rhythmic pushing of the blood in the heart followed by a refilling of the heart chamber.

Detailed explanation-3: -Veins don’t have a muscular layer like arteries do, so they rely on valves to keep your blood moving. Veins start as tiny blood vessels called venules, which become full-size veins as they come closer to your heart. Characteristics of Veins.

Detailed explanation-4: -All the veins carry deoxygenated blood except the pulmonary vein. It carries oxygenated blood from lungs to the heart.