compared with the walls of arteries, the walls of the veins

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carniel · Answer

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aaronq · Answer

they are much thinner because they're not under such high pressures

dean.shyy · Answer

Walls of veins have valves internally.

anonymous · Answer

Compared to arteries, the walls of veins are much thinner because they do not carry the blood to the heart and therefore are not under high pressures.

aaronq · Answer

"because they do not carry the blood to the heart"

they DO carry blood to the heart

anonymous · Answer

Blood in the arteries is under high pressure generated by the heart, but this is not true for veins; that's what I meant.