Blood vessels + vascular shunting

Question 1

What is the diameter/size of arteries

Answer 1

Small

Question 2

What is the diameter/size of capillaries

Answer 2

Small

Question 3

What is the diameter/size of veins

Answer 3

Large

Question 4

What is the wall thickness of arteries

Answer 4

Thick and elastic walls

Question 5

What is the wall thickness of capillaries

Answer 5

Very thin walls (one-cell thick)

Question 6

What is the wall thickness of veins

Answer 6

Thin walls

Question 7

Does arteries contain valves

Question 8

Does arteries contain valves

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Does capillaries contain valves

Answer 9

No

Question 10

Does veins contain valves

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

At what pressure and where does the arteries carry the blood

Answer 11

At a high pressure away from the heart

Question 12

What type of blood do arteries carry

Answer 12

Oxygenated, except the pulmonary artery which carries deoxygenated

Question 13

What is the function and what pressure do capillaries carry blood at

Answer 13

They link smaller arteries with smaller veins at a very low pressure

Question 14

What type of blood do capillaries carry

Answer 14

Both oxygenated and deoxygenated