BLOOD VESSEL
It carries blood away from the heart and toward the tissues.
What is Artery?
What extends upward and slightly to the right from the left ventricle?
Ascending aorta
What force pushes fluid from the capillary into the tissue space?
Blood pressure
The ____ and _____ are the two large veins that drain the systemic blood vessels and empty into the right atrium.
Superior and inferior vena cava
___________ is a severe allergic reaction to foreign substances to which a person has been sensitized.
Anaphylactic
Which of these is not a factor that determines resistance to blood flow in the vessels.
Oxygen content
Which artery carries blood to most of the small intestine and to the first half of the large intestine?
The large superior mesenteric
------- is the maximum pressure that develops in the arteries after heart muscle contraction.
Systolic pressure
The ______ ______ is a single long space located in the midline above the brain and in the fissure between the two cerebral hemispheres.
superior sagittal
What is the term used in describing profuse bleeding?
Hemorrhage
The vessels in which exchanges between the blood and the body cells takes place are the--------
Capilllaries
How many pairs of intercostal arteries extend between the ribs, sending branches to the muscles and other structures of the chest wall?
Nine to ten pairs
Name the two types of vasomotor changes.
Vasodiladation and Vasoconstriction
_____________ _____________enables all of the products of one organ to pass directly to another organ.
Portal circulation
_____________ is caused by a decrease in the overall blood volume and may follow severe hemorrhage or burns.
Hypovolemic
These two vessels combine to form the superior vena cava.
Right and left brachiocephalic veins
Which artery supplies blood to the arm and hand?
Subclavian
The instrument used to measure blood pressure is---
Sphygmomanometer
What drains blood from the proximal portion of the intestine?
Superior mesenteric vein
___________ are superficial veins that have become swollen, distorted , and ineffective.
Varicose veins
A vessel that carries blood back to the heart.
Vein
What are the three branches of the aortic arch?
Brachiocephalic, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery
-------- is the force exerted by the blood against the walls of the vessels and is the force propelling blood to the tissues and back to the heart.
Blood pressure
The ___________ _________ is a large channel that drains blood low in oxygen but does not have the usual tubular structure of a vein.
Venous sinus
What is a bulging sac in a vessel wall called?
Aneurysm