What is the blood vessel called that carries the blood back to the heart?

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THE HUMAN QUESTION #664

What is the blood vessel called that carries the blood back to the heart?

Vein

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Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart towards other organs in the body. The word comes from the Greek artēria, "windpipe". A vein does the opposite and carries deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart. A human contains some 4-5 litres blood.

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