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katrin [286]
2 years ago
13

Blood is taken from veins not from arteries. Why?​

Medicine
1 answer:
frosja888 [35]2 years ago
4 0
Veins are favored over arteries because they have thinner walls, and thus they are easier to pierce. There is also lower blood pressure in veins so that bleeding can be stopped more quickly and easily than with arterial puncture.
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