difference between arteries and veins Flashcards
Arteries have____walls and higher_____
thicker
Blood pressure
collapsed artery has ____, _____lumen
small, round
Veins have a ____,_____lumen
large, flat
Do veins or artery lining contract?
vein lining
artery lining__
folds
arteries are more____
elastic
Veins have
valves
Elasticity in arteries aborb____ with each heart beat
pressure wave
Arteries (contractility) can change
- can change diamter
controlled by sympathetic divsion of ANS
Vasconstriction
contraction of arterial smooth muscle
Vasodilation
relaxation of smooth arterial muscle
enlarging lumen
arteries go from heart to____
capillaries
arteries change from
elactic——> muscular arteries——-> arterioles
elastic arteries are also called
conducting arteries
elastic arteres have large
vessels
e.g pulmonary trunk and aorta