Blood Vessels Flashcards
Arteries carry blood ____ the heart
away from
Arteries usually carry ____ blood
Oxygenated
Veins carry blood _____ the heart
to
Veins usually carry _____ blood
deoxygenated
Largest Arteries near heart
elastic artery
Distal to elastic artery, internal AND external elastic laminae
Muscular artery
Smallest artery
arteriole artery
Continuous Capillary
most common, endothelial cells close
Fenestrated Capillary
wide intercellular pores; Kidney, endocrine glands
Sinusoid capillary
gaps between cells that appear as cavities; exchange large proteins; bone marrow, liver, spleen
Sphincters open
blood flow through capillaries
Sphincters closed
blood flows through metarterioles
Valves are present in _____
limbs
Pulmonary Circulation
Oxygen poor blood leaves right ventricle via pulmonary trunk away from heart to lungs
Pulmonary Trunk
3 lobar arteries on right and 2 on left