Arteries, veins and capillaries

Question 1

Arteries structure

Answer 1

Thick muscular walls with narrow lumen.

Question 2

Arteries function

Answer 2

Transport blood away from the heart at high pressure

Question 3

Arteries location

Answer 3

Located deep inside muscles.

Question 4

Veins structure

Answer 4

Thin walls with a wide lumen and valves

Question 5

veins function

Answer 5

Transports blood back to the heart at low pressure.

Question 6

Veins location

Answer 6

Often visible through the skin.

Question 7

Capillaries structure

Answer 7

Microscopically thin walls with tiny lumen.

Question 8

Capillaries function

Answer 8

Exchange materials between blood and tissues

Question 9

Capillaries loctation

Answer 9

Branch out from arterioles to form networks around body cells