Type
A vessel that carries blood away from the heart
What is an artery
What are fibers composed largely of an insoluble protein polymer called elastin and are quite small
What are elastic fibers
A type of vessel that carries blood towards the heart
What is a vein
Where is the abdominal aorta
What is the abdomen
True/False: Arteries are only the major pipelines distributing blood from the heart to various organ
What is true
Microscopic vessels that carry blood from arterioles to venules
What are capillaries
What are fibers woven together much like the reinforcing strands found in the wall of a tire or hose in the vascular wall
What are collagen fibers
A type of vessel that allows constriction and dilation of other vessels
What is an artery
Where is the femoral vein
What is the thigh
Name the three types of major blood vessels
What are arteries, veins, and capillaries
A type of vessel that carries blood towards the heart
What are veins
What are tissues found in the wall of all segments of the vascular system except capillaries
What are smooth muscle tissues
Exchange of oxygen and other substances between maternal and fetal blood take place in this area
What is the placenta
Where is the carotid artery
What is the side neck
What are veins that lie near the surface of the body
Thick and thin filaments that are not arranged into sarcomere, giving it a non-striated pattern
What is are smooth muscle tissues
What is a specific type of simple squamous epithelium that provides a smooth luminal surface in the vascular system
What is endothelial tissue
Provides arterial blood to internal thoracic structures
What are visceral branches
Where is the splenic artery
What is the spleen
True/False: Veins are the ultimate extensions of capillaries
What is true
Fibrous protein molecules that keep the lumen of the vessel open and strengthen the blood vessel wall
What are collagen fibers
What is the circuit made up of the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, and lung capillaries
What is the pulmonary circuit
A type of capillary that permit migration of blood cells from the intravascular space into surrounding tissues
What is the sinusoid
Where is the pulmonary artery
What is the heart
What circuit conducts blood flow from the heart through blood vessels to all parts of the body and back to the heart
What is systematic circulation