Blood Vessels - Types And Naming 🩸

Question 1

What are the three types of blood vessel?

Answer 1

• Arteries 🖼️
• Capillaries 🐛
• Veins 💙 🩵

Question 2

What is the function of the arteries? 🖼️

Answer 2

To carry blood away from the heart
🫀 🛒 ➡️ 🩸

Question 3

What kind of pressure is the blood from the Arteries under? 🖼️

Answer 3

Blood is under high pressure
🩸💨📈

Question 4

What is in the walls of the Arteries? 🖼️

Answer 4

There is a thick layer of muscle and elastic in the wall

Question 5

How is the pulse created?

Answer 5

Pulse created by heart pumping and contraction of heart muscles

Question 6

What can you tell me about the arteries’ resistance to pressure?

Answer 6

They are resistant to pressure

Question 7

Arteries image

Answer 7

link

Question 8

What are the capillaries?

Answer 8

Sites of exchange 💙 🤝 ❤️

Question 9

What pressure is the blood at in the capillaries

Answer 9

Blood is at low pressure
🩸 💨 📉

Question 10

What size are the capillaries

Answer 10

Microscopic

Question 11

What pulse do the capillaries have

Answer 11

No pulse ❌💓

Question 12

What are the walls of the capillaries like

Answer 12

The walls are a single cell thick

Question 13

What is the size of the lumen on the capillaries

Answer 13

They are thin

(skinny queens)

Question 14

Is there valves in the capillaries?

Answer 14

There are no valves
❌

Question 15

What are the capillaries like physically

Answer 15

Delicate 🫳🥺🫴
Easily broken

Question 16

Is there a pulse in the veins?

Answer 16

No pulse
❌

Question 17

What is the purpose of the veins 💙 🩵

Answer 17

Veins return blood back to heart
🩸 🛒 ➡️🫀

Question 18

What are the valves like in the veins

Answer 18

Valves to stop blood flowing back

Question 19

What is the structure of the veins like

Answer 19

Thin walls 🧱
Less muscle ✖️💪
Flexible🦵

Question 20

What is the pressure in the veins

Answer 20

Low pressure

Question 21

What are the lumen like in the veins

Answer 21

Wide lumen