6-7 Orbital Vasculature Flashcards

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What distinguishes an artery, vein, and capillary from one another?

What’s a pericyte?

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Arteries= oxygenated blood away from heart
Vein= deoxygenated blood too the heart. 
Capillaries= fusion. Metabolic waste out, macronutrients in, very thin walled. 

Pericytes help to dilate and constrict the capillaries.

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