other vessel types

Question 1

what are the vaso vasorum?

Answer 1

blood vessels that supply the walls of arteries and veins

penetrate vessel walls from the exerior

Question 2

what are the blood vessels that supply the tunicae of the blood vessel themselves?

Answer 2

vaso vasorum

Question 3

what is an artiorvenous anastomoses?

Answer 3

vessels that allow blood flow from arterioles to small veins without going through capillaries

Question 4

what would allow blood to flow from arterioles to venules, bypassing the cappillary beds?

Answer 4

arteriovenous anastomoses

Question 5

what is a portal system?

Answer 5

a vascular system that begins and ends @ a capillary bed with out a pumping mechanism between them

Question 6

what begins in a primary capillary network, extends some distance and ends in a secondary capillary network?

Answer 6

a portal system

Question 7

what are the portal systems of the human body

Answer 7

HHP -hypothalamohypophyseal portal system
renal portal
hepatic portal