Week 1 - PreLab

Question 1

Inflammation of vein

Answer 1

phlebitis

Question 2

First vessel branching off the ascending aorta

Answer 2

coronary artery

Question 3

Carries blood towards the heart

Answer 3

Veins

Question 4

Form the microcirculation between arterioles and venules

Answer 4

Capillary beds

Question 5

Site of most vasodilation and vasoconstriction

Answer 5

Arterioles

Question 6

First vessel branching off the aortic arch

Answer 6

Brachiocephalic trunk

Question 7

Veins that join to form the inferior vena cava

Answer 7

common iliac

Question 8

Paired vessels to the kidneys

Answer 8

renal arteries

Question 9

Longest vein in the body

Answer 9

Great Saphenous Vein

Question 10

Middle branch of the aortic arch

Answer 10

Left common carotid artery

Question 11

Function of Capillary - Name the type of capillary:

1. Continuous basement membrane
2. nearly complete tight junctions combine to produce
3. a relatively impermeable vessel -
4. most transmembrane transport is via pinocytosis

Answer 11

Continuous capillary

Most whole looking one

Question 12

Function of Capillary - Name the type of capillary:

1. Distribution limited to liver, bone marrow, spleen, and adrenal medulla;
2. Discontinuous endothelium and
3. incomplete basement membrane
4. produces highly permeable structure

Answer 12

Sinusoid Capillary

Extremely broken up

Question 13

Function of Capillary - Name the type of capillary:

1. A continuous basement membrane
2. Small openings present within the endothelial cells
3. relatively permeable to water and small solute molecules like glucose

Answer 13

Fenestrated. (Windowed)

Tiny window-like holes