Vein Anatomy
Artery Anatomy
Misc
Homeostatic Imbalances
Major Veins and Arteries
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What is the name of the smallest type of vein?
Venule
100
What is the name of the smallest type of artery?
Arteriole
100
What is the name of the system that transports blood through the blood vessels?
Vascular system
100
Pooling of blood in feet and veins, leading to twisted and enlarged veins are
Varicose veins
100
The biggest artery in systemic circulation is the 
aorta
200
What "great veins" do veins empty into?
Superior and inferior venae cavae of the heart.
200
The tunica intima is which layer (innermost, middle, outermost) of an artery/vein?
Innermost
200
Veins carry _____ blood to the heart.
Deoxygenated
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Inflammation of a vein when a blood clot is created 
Thrombophlebitis 
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What is the large artery found in the neck which is most often used for finding a pulse?
Carotid artery
300
The tunica externa is which layer (innermost, middle, outermost) in an artery/vein?
Outermost
300
The tunica media is which layer (innermost, middle, outermost) in an artery/vein?
Middle
300
Arteries carry _____ blood from the heart.
Oxygenated
300
When a clot detaches from a blood vessel and travels to the lungs, a _______ occurs.
pulmonary embolism
300
Superior and inferior vena cavae receive what type of blood?
deoxygenated blood
400
The pulmonary veins travel to what organ?
Lungs
400
Arteries aid in which circulation? Pulmonary or systemic?
Systemic 
400
The walls of which are thicker? Arteries or veins? Why?
Arteries; because they have continuous changes in pressure forced on them as the heart pumps blood through them, arteries must have thick, stretchy walls.
400
Varicose veins are common in people who ______ all day.
stand
400
What vein is blood commonly taken from?
The median cubital vein
500
What connects a venule and an arteriole? 
Capillary bed
500
What is the name of the large artery in the heart that releases the blood to the body?
Aorta (aortic artery)
500
Blood flowing through an arteriole, to a capillary bed, and finally through a venule is called what? 
Microcirculation
500
What are the steps to contracting a pulmonary embolism?
Varicose veins form, thrombophlebitis forms, clot breaks free into the blood stream and makes it to the heart or lungs
500
What veins drain the kidneys?
R and L renal veins
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