14 - Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels

Question 0

_______ carry blood away from the heart.

Answer 0

Arteries

Question 1

_______ are tubes that carry blood away from the heart toward the tissues of the body and then return the blood to the heart.

Answer 1

Blood vessels

Question 2

Arteries branch extensively and eventually give rise to ________.

Answer 2

arterioles

Question 3

Arterioles branch into ___________.

Answer 3

capillaries

Question 4

Substances are exchanged between the blood and surrounding tissues through the walls of ___________.

Answer 4

capillaries

Question 5

Capillaries merge to form _________.

Answer 5

venules

Question 6

Venules merge to form ______.

Answer 6

veins

Question 7

_______ merge with each other to form progressively larger _______ which carry the blood back to the heart.

Answer 7

Veins; veins

Question 8

____________ refers to the growth of new blood vessels.

Answer 8

Angiogenesis

Question 9

Blood flows through the _______ of blood vessels.

Answer 9

lumen

Question 10

The walls of blood vessels consist of three major layers. Name them.

Answer 10

inner tunica interna (intima), middle (thickest) tunica media, outer tunica externa