Vessels that carry high pressure blood

Vessels that receive blood from the heart

Vessels with wide lumens

vessels with thin but multiple cell layer thick walls

Vessels that carry deoxygenated blood (except for pulmonary circulation)

Vessels that carry blood under low pressure

Vessels that contain valves

Vessels that collect blood from venules

Vessels that drain into the heart

Vessels with walls that are one cell thick

Vessels that allow gas exchange

Vessels that receive blood from arterioles

Vessels that drain blood into venules

type of vessel that does NOT allow for gas exchange