Assertion: vein | /r/CapableOf | carry oxygen-depleted blood
Facets:
value: back to the heart
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the body tissues
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the tissues
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Whereas the arteries of the human arms form a clean loop-like distribution system for oxygenated blood, the veins that carry oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart create a more intricate web-like drainage system.
text: The veins that carry oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart create a more intricate web-like drainage system.
text: While arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues of the body, veins carry oxygen-depleted blood from the tissues back to the heart, and in fact have special valves that help them to achieve this directional flow.
text: Veins carry oxygen-depleted blood from the body tissues to the heart.