Match each vascular structure to its function
Site exchange of nutrients and oxygen
What is Capillaries
Another name for veins based on their ability to carry varying amounts of blood
What is capacitance vessels
Which blood vessels connect two sides of the vascular system
Which process pushes plasma and dissolved nutrients through the arterial end of the capillary wall
What is filtration
Which arteries provide most of the brain's blood supply
What is internal carotid arteries
Layer of blood vessel wall made of strong fibrous connective tissue that supports and protects
What is Tunica Externa
Blood vessels with the thickest walls
What is arteries
Which blood vessels have the greatest ability to expand and recoil
What is conducting arteries
Coronary arteries arise from which major artery
What is Ascending Aorta
Which organs receive blood from the mesenteric arteries
Blood vessel containing one-way valves
What is Medium-sized veins
What is tunica Media
Why is it important for tunica intima to be smooth
Which area of the aorta supplies blood to the liver
What is abdominal aorta
Most common side for routine assessment of heart rate is the
Produces chemicals that cause blood vessels to dilate or constrict and lines all blood vessels
What is Tunica Intima
Also called "muscular" vessels that deliver blood to specific organs
What is distributing arteries
Capillary walls are composed of
What is a single layer of endothelium with basement membrane
Which are the 3 branches of the aortic arch
What is left common carotid, brachiocephalic, and left subclavian arteries
The maximum pressure generated during ventricular contraction is called
What is systolic pressure
Larger protein molecules can pass through these vessels
What is Sinusoids
Veins closest to the heart
What is Large Veins
What happens as blood is transported from the aorta to the capillaries
What is Resistance increases
The abdominal aorta divides into
What is the right and left common iliac arteries
What 3 factors determine blood pressure
What are resistance, blood volume and cardiac output