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Given alongside are diagrams of a certain category of blood vessels showing the role of a special structure in their walls. Study the figure and answer the questions that follow.

Name the kind of blood vessels shown in the figure. What are its branches termed as? Name the structure shown inside the blood vessels. Write its important role. Circulatory System, Concise Biology Solutions ICSE Class 10.

(a) Name the kind of blood vessels shown in the figure. What are its branches termed as ?

(b) Name the structure shown inside the blood vessels. Write its important role.

(c) What kind of blood flows through these blood vessels normally? Name the blood vessel which carries blood from the heart to the lungs.

(d) Name a similar kind of blood vessel which is related to the liver and kidney.

(e) Draw a neat and labelled diagram of the transverse section of the blood vessel shown above showing the three layers of its wall and lumen.

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(a) The kind of blood vessels shown in the figure is vein. Its branches are termed as venule.

(b) The structure shown inside the blood vessels are valve. Its role is to prevent the backflow of blood.

(c) Deoxygenated blood flows through these blood vessels normally. The blood vessel which carries blood from the heart to the lungs is the pulmonary artery.

(d) Hepatic vein and renal vein are related to Liver and Kidney respectively.

(e) Below diagram shows the transverse section of a vein with the three layers of its wall and lumen labelled:

Draw a neat and labelled diagram of the transverse section of the blood vessel shown above showing the three layers of its wall and lumen. Circulatory System, Concise Biology Solutions ICSE Class 10.

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