BLOOD VESSELS

Question 0

3 main types of blood vessels

Answer 0

Arteries
Capillaries
Veins

Question 1

Carries blood from heart to all tissues of the body and back to the heart

Answer 1

Blood vessels

Question 2

Carry blood away from heart

Answer 2

Arteries

Question 3

Arteries are normally classified as:

Answer 3

Elastic
Muscular
Arterioles

Question 4

Blood flows from capillaries to _____

Answer 4

Veins

Question 5

Have thinner walls than do arteries

Answer 5

Capillaries

Question 6

Blood flows from arterioles to _____

Answer 6

Capillaries

Question 7

Carry blood toward the heart

Answer 7

Veins

Question 8

Veins may be classified as

Answer 8

Small
Medium-sized
Large

Question 9

Blood vessels contains tunics (3 layers) these are:

Answer 9

Tunica intima
Tunica media
Tunica adventitia

Question 10

Largest diameter arteries and have thickest wall

Ex. Pulmonary trunk and aorta

Answer 10

Elastic arteries

Question 11

Contraction of smooth muscles in blood vessels

Decreases blood vessel diameter and blood flow

Answer 11

Vasoconstriction

Question 12

Relaxation of smooth muscle in blood vessels

Answer 12

Vasodilation

Question 13

Transport blood from small arteries to capillaries

Smallest arteries

Answer 13

Arterioles

Question 14

Blood flow through capillaries is regulated by smooth muscle cells called

Answer 14

Precapillary sphincters

Question 15

Have a diameter slightly larger that capillaries tho very similar

Answer 15

Venules

Question 16

System of blood vessels that carries blood from the RA of the heart to the lungs and back to the LA

Answer 16

Pulmonary circulation

Question 17

Carries blood from LV of the heart to the tissues of the body and back to RA

Answer 17

Systemic circulation

Question 18

Part of the aorta that passes superiorly from the LV

Answer 18

Ascending aorta

Question 19

The 3 major arteries

Answer 19

Brachiocephalic artery
Left common carotid artery
Left subclavian artery

Question 20

Longest part of aorta

Answer 20

Descending aorta

Question 21

Localized dilation of an artery that usually develops in response to trauma or a congenital weakness of the artery wall

Answer 21

Arterial aneurysm

Question 22

First vessel to branch from the aortic arch

Answer 22

Brachiocephalic artery

Question 23

Supplies the diaphragm

Answer 23

Superior phrenic arteries

Question 24

The unpaired branches of visceral arteries are

Answer 24

Celiac trunk Superior mesentric artery Inferior mesentric artery

Question 25

Three paired visceral branches of the abdominal aorta

Answer 25

Renal arteries Suprarenal arteries Testicular arteries Ovarian arteries

Question 26

Veins that drain blood from the head and neck

Answer 26

Ext. and int. jugular veins

Question 27

The difference between systolic and diastolic pressures is

Answer 27

Pulse pressure

Question 28

Major forces responsible for moving fluid through the capillary wall

Answer 28

Blood pressure | Osmosis

Question 29

Regulates blood pressure on a moment to moment basis

Answer 29

Baroreceptor reflexes