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
tunica media in elastic arter have many
elastic fiber and cells
elasticity in elastic arteries evens out
pulse force
Muscular arteries are called
distribution arteries
Muscular arteries are ___sized
medium
Tunica media in muscular arteries have
many muscle cells