Ch 16: Vascular System

Question 1

What are the layers of a blood vessel

Answer 1

-Tunica externa
-Tunica media
-Tunica intima

Question 2

Conducting arteries

Answer 2

-Large, close to heart
-Elastic arteries

Examples: aorta, common carotid artery, subclavian artery

Question 3

Distributing arteries

Answer 3

-Lead to specific organs
-Muscular arteries

Examples: Brachial, femoral, renal

Question 4

Arterioles

Answer 4

-Smallest arteries
-Resistance vessels

Question 5

Venules

Answer 5

-Smallest
-Have thin, porous walls

Question 6

Medium-sized veins

Answer 6

-Formed by convergence of venules
-Contain one way valves

Question 7

Large veins

Answer 7

-Formed by convergence of medium sized veins

Question 8

Thoracic aorta

Answer 8

Large branch of the aorta inferior to the heart

Question 9

Celiac trunk

Answer 9

-Gastric artery
-Splenic artery
-Hepatic artery

Question 10

Mesenteric artery

Answer 10

Superior
-Supplies most of the small intestine and part of the large intestine

Inferior
-Supplies the other part of the large intestine

Question 11

Common iliac arteries

Answer 11

Internal and external

Question 12

Artery that comes off of the iliac

Answer 12

Femoral

Question 13

Artery that comes off of the femoral

Answer 13

Popliteal

Question 14

Popliteal artery splits into

Answer 14

Anterior and posterior tibial artery

Question 15

Foot artery

Answer 15

Dorsalis pedis

Question 16

Veins of the head and neck

Answer 16

-Brachiocephalic
-Internal jugular
-External jugular
-Vertebral vein
-Subclavian vein

Question 17

Longest vein in The Body

Answer 17

Great saphenous vein

Question 18

Contraction and relaxation of the heart

Answer 18

Systole and diastole

Question 19

Aorta splits into these three arteries

Answer 19

-Brachiocephalic (On the right)
-LEFT Common carotid (middle)
-Left subclavian

Question 20

Arteries descending down the arms

Answer 20

-Subclavian artery
-Axillary artery
-Brachial artery
-radial artery