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Simplified scheme representing the relation between arteries and veins, in addition with the direction of blood flow. The coronary arteries get smaller and become arterioles, which get smaller again and become arterial capillaries. After the leak of oxygen and nutrients, the arterial capillaries now are called venous capillaries, which get bigger, becoming venules, and finally coronary veins.
