Blood Vessels

Question 1

Three types of blood vessels

Answer 1

Arteries
Veins
Capillaries

Question 2

What carries blood from the heart to the body

Answer 2

Arteries

Question 3

What blood vessel contains valves

Answer 3

Veins

Question 4

Flow of blood (pathway) from an artery to a vein

Answer 4

Artery, arterielle, capillaries, venule, vein

Question 5

What type of blood vessel are gasses exchanged with surrounding tissues

Answer 5

Capillaries

Question 6

How many cell layers do capillaries have

Answer 6

One

Question 7

What are the three cell layers in arteries and veins (superficial to deep)

Answer 7

Tunica externa, tunica media, tunica intima

Question 8

Tunica intima?

Answer 8

Slippery thin layer

Question 9

Tunica media

Answer 9

Thicker layer of muscle

Question 10

Tunica externa

Answer 10

Fibrous connective tissues to support and protect

Question 11

What do arteries and veins have in common?

Answer 11

They both contain oxygenated and deoxygenated blood

Question 12

What blood vessel is flexible

Answer 12

Arteries

Question 13

Which blood vessels receive blood from the heart under high pressure

Answer 13

Arteries

Question 14

What are the three ways veins maintain blood pressure and give a brief description

Answer 14

Muscular pumping= as muscles contact blood is squeezed through the veins
Respiratory pumping= the expansion of the chest during inhalation causes blood in the veins to move
Valves= prevent back flow of blood

Question 15

What is a shunt?

Answer 15

Shortcut from the artery to the vein

Question 16

What is a true capillary?

Answer 16

The tiny portions that exchange gases with tissues

Question 17

How do capillary sphincters restrict blood flow?

Answer 17

They increase or decrease blood flow based on body needs