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of water and chemicals between the blood and tissues occurs; the venules; and the veins, which carry blood from the capillaries back towards the heart.

The word, vascular, is derived from the Latin vas, meaning vessel, and is used in reference to blood vessels.

Etymology

artery - late Middle English; from Latin arteria, from Greek arteria, probably derived from airein ("raise").

vein - Middle English;

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