Veins vs. Arteries — What's the Difference?

(Anatomy) Any of the membranous tubes that form a branching system and carry blood to the heart from the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.

(Anatomy) Any of the muscular elastic tubes that form a branching system and that carry blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.

A blood vessel of any kind; a vein or artery

A major route of transportation into which local routes flow

Something that looks like a blood vessel, such as the hindgut of a shrimp.

Plural of artery

(Botany) One of the strands of vascular tissue that form the conducting and supporting framework in a leaf or other expanded plant organ. Also called nervure.

(Zoology) One of the thickened cuticular ribs that form the supporting network of the wing of an insect and that often carry hemolymph. Also called nervure.

(Geology) A regularly shaped and lengthy occurrence of an ore; a lode.

A long wavy strip of a different shade or color, as in wood or marble, or as mold in cheese.

A fissure, crack, or cleft.

A pervading character or quality; a streak

A transient attitude or mood.

A particular turn of mind

To supply or fill with veins.

To mark or decorate with veins.

Plural of vein