Labels:daily OCR: ARTERY ARTERY is a muscular blood vessel with thick walls. The lining of an artery smooth that blood can flow through easily The body main artery, which carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, IS called the aorta. Arteries branch from the aorta, then branch again into smaller arteries which carry blood to all the body' organs. Arteries eventually deliver blood to tiny vessels called capillaries. The capillaries form netw orks inside the body tissues which supply blood to the cells. From the cells the blood returns to the heart. hich eventuallv pillaries
