Chapter 23 - blood vessels Flashcards
1
Q
arteries
A
carry blood away from the heart
2
Q
veins
A
carry blood to the heart
3
Q
capillaries
A
tiny vessels within tissues
4
Q
what is the inner lining of a blood vessel made of
A
simple squamous
5
Q
what is the tunic media made of
A
smooth muscle
6
Q
what does the vasa vasorum do
A
supplies blood
7
Q
lumen
A
inside of blood vessel where blood is
8
Q
systemic arteries
A
oxygenated blood
9
Q
pulmonary arteries
A
deoxygenated blood
10
Q
types of arteries
A
- elastic (conducting)
- muscular (distributing)
- arterioles
11
Q
elastic artery
A
- largest
- lots of elastic fibers
12
Q
muscular artery
A
- thick tunic media
- elastic fibers
13
Q
arteriole artery
A
- smallest
- smooth muscle
- regulates blood flow
14
Q
types of capillaries
A
- continuous
- fenestrated
- sinusoids
15
Q
continuous capillary
A
- seen the most
- no holes
- gas gets across by entoids cells
