Lesson 8 (Diseases of the Blood vessels)

Question 1

Are essentially hollow tubes that carry blood to the organs and tissues throughout the body

Answer 1

Blood vessels

Question 1

These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart and out of the body

Answer 1

Arteries

Question 2

These blood vessels carry deoxygenated back to the heart

Answer 2

Veins

Question 3

These tiny vessels connect arteries and veins

Answer 3

Capillaries

Question 4

Are delicate vessels that carry fluid back to the body’s central circulation

Answer 4

Lymphatics

Question 5

Are conditions in which the walls of the arteries become thick and stiff

Answer 5

Arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis

Question 6

Is the excessive pumping of blood in the blood vessels

Answer 6

High blood pressure (Hypertension)

Question 7

Sudden loss of brain function

Answer 7

Stroke

Question 8

Is a huge bulge or weakness in the wall of an artery or vein

Answer 8

Aneurysm