cardiovascular system

Question 0

anastomosis

Answer 0

communication between two vessels

Question 1

pulse

Answer 1

the pressure exerted along the inside of artery walls

Question 2

jugular

Answer 2

vein that drains head and neck

Question 3

cardiogenic

Answer 3

shock in which the heart cannot pump enough blood

Question 4

artery

Answer 4

vessel that has the thickest wall

Question 5

peripheral resistance

Answer 5

opposition to blood flow in vessels farthest from heart

Question 6

metarteriole

Answer 6

thoroughfare channel, connects an artery with a vein

Question 7

iliac

Answer 7

artery ends when it branches into these arteries

Question 8

precapillary sphincter

Answer 8

control blood flow in capillaries

Question 9

smooth muscles

Answer 9

the middle layer of a vessel wall

Question 10

vasomotor center

Answer 10

part of brain that controls vasoconstriction and vasodilation

Question 11

veins

Answer 11

vessels that have valves

Question 12

hemorrhage

Answer 12

massive loss of blood

Question 13

blood brain barrier

Answer 13

tight capillaries in brain that make the brain impermeable to many substances

Question 14

essential

Answer 14

hypertension with no known cause

Question 15

120

Answer 15

average systolic pressure

Question 16

anaphylactic shock

Answer 16

caused by an allergic reaction

Question 17

varicose veins

Answer 17

swelling, bursting, and loss of function in a superficial vein

Question 18

capillaries

Answer 18

vessels through which materials move in and out of blood

Question 19

pulmonary artery

Answer 19

only artery that carries deoxygenated blood

Question 20

diffusion

Answer 20

the main force that controls the exchange of materials in capillaries

Question 21

hepatic portal system

Answer 21

connects the liver to the abdominal organs