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 Veins are blood vessels which carry deoxygenated blood from body tissues back to the heart and lungs. In the lungs the deoxygenated blood is reoxygenated through [[Gaseous_exchange|gaseous exchange]] in the [[Alveoli|alveoli]].
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'''The structure of veins'''
Veins are made of thin walls of smooth muscle, and endothelial tissue<ref name="1">https://www.mananatomy.com/basic-anatomy/veins 28/10/2017</ref>. They also contain valves, which assist in moving blood at low pressure against the force of gravity back to the heart, in order to be recirculated through the lungs.

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