The smaller vessels that carry blood away from the heart and connect the arteries to the capillaries are called the:

There are different types of channels for blood flow that transport the blood pumped by the heart. They greatly differ only in the size of their diameters. Arteries are the big ones that are located mostly near the heart. Veins are the next which is where nurses inject you to gather blood. Then, the smallest ones are the capillaries.