Arteries Veins 9. 1. 2. |10. 3. 11. 4. 5. 6. 12. 7. 8. 13.

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Blood vessels and the heart makes the circulatory system of the human body. The heart act as a pump and the vessels act as the supply chain of the body. 

Generally, the blood vessels sending blood to the different parts of the body from the heart are called arteries. The other type of vessels that bring blood back from the different parts of the body towards the heart are called veins. 

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