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Also known as the artery or pulse vein, are vessels that lead the blood flow away from the heart.
Larger arteries are composed of three layers:
Large arteries have their own vascular supply (vasa vasorum). The arteries of the body circulation carry light red arterial blood; those of the lung circulation (pulmonary circulation) carry dark red venous blood.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterie (Wikipedia CC-by-sa-3.0)