Blood Vessels

Question 1

What carries blood away from the heart?

Answer 1

Arteries

Question 2

What carries blood back to the heart?

Answer 2

Veins

Question 3

Which blood vessel has a pulse?

Answer 3

Arteries

Question 4

What blood vessels have walls which are one cell thick?

Answer 4

Capillaries

Question 5

Sight of exchange?

Answer 5

Capillary

Question 6

Where has high pressure?

Answer 6

Arteries

Question 7

What has a thick layer of muscle and elastic fibres?

Answer 7

Arteries

Question 8

What have valves to keep blood flowing in one direction?

Answer 8

Veins

Question 9

What side of the circulatory system is the arteries on?

Answer 9

Left

Question 10

What artery travels into the lower organs? What vein travels out?

Answer 10

Iliac artery. Iliac vein

Question 11

What artery travels into the kidneys? What vein travels out?

Answer 11

Renal artery. Renal vein

Question 12

What artery travels into the intestines? What vein travels out?

Answer 12

Mesenteric artery. Hepatic portal vein

Question 13

What artery travels into the stomach? What vein travels out?

Answer 13

Gastric artery. Hepatic portal vein

Question 14

What artery travels into the liver? What vein travels out?

Answer 14

Hepatic artery. Hepatic vein

Question 15

What travels into the heart? What travels out?

Answer 15

Vena cava. Aorta

Question 16

What artery travels out of the lungs? What artery travels in?

Answer 16

Pulmonary vein. Pulmonary artery

Question 17

What artery travels into the brain? What vein travels out?

Answer 17

Carotid artery. jugular vein