Blood Vessels and Lymphatic System

Question 1

structures that carry blood from the heart to the organs of the body and back to the heart again

Answer 1

blood vessels

Question 2

the space within the blood vessel

Answer 2

lumen

Question 3

________: a vessel that carries blood away from the heart (regardless of whether it carries oxygenated or deoxygenated blood)
walls are composed of __________ and ________ that allow for the extension of the vessels and the carrying of a pulse

Answer 3

artery

smooth muscle, elastic fibers

Question 4

__________: small arteries that arise via branching of large arteries
_________ and _______ are also located in these walls
branch to form _______

Answer 4

arterioles
smooth muscle, elastic fibers
capillaries

Question 5

__________: connections between arterioles and venules
it is at this level where _______ and ______ pass from the blood into the tissues and where _______ and _______ pass from the tissues into the blood

Answer 5

capillaries
oxygen, nutrients
carbon dioxide, waste materials

Question 6

_______: small veins formed by the junction of a number of capillaries

Answer 6

venules

Question 7

________: a vessel formed by the junction of venues
have _____ walls than arteries
in certain _______, especially those that cary blood against gravity, they contain _______ that allow for the flow of blood in only 1 direction, towards the _______

Answer 7

vein
thicker
veins, valves, heart

Question 8

fluid filtered out of blood capillaries each day exceeds that reabsorbed
this excess is returned to the blood via _______

Answer 8

lymphatic system

lymphatics

Question 9

the capillaries that pick up this lymph fluid are called __________ and they differ than blood capillaries in that they are endothelial tubes that begin blindly
they are not __________
they will conduct the excess fluid called _____ toward the _______
as they do this a number of them will join to form an ___________

Answer 9

lymphatic capillaries
open at both ends
lymph, veins
afferent lymphatic vessel

Question 10

afferent lymphatic vessels convey lymph to ________ which function in filtering the lymph
each one has a _____ and ____, through which the lymph will filter

Answer 10

lymph nodes

cortex, medulla

Question 11

leaving the lymph node will be several ___________ that also contain valves
they will pas the lymph to the venuous system

Answer 11

efferent lymphatic vessels

Question 12

_________: drains the right half of the head, neck, chest, and right upper limb

Answer 12

right lymphatic duct

Question 13

_________: drains the rest of the body

Answer 13

thoracic duct

Question 14

the right lymphatic duct drains into the ________________ and the thoracic duct drains into the ____________

Answer 14

right brachiocephalic vein,

left brachiocephalic vein

Question 15

lymph nodes are prevalent in the following regions:

Answer 15

neck, axilla, inguinal region