Transport Vessels

Question 1

Arteries

Answer 1

Thick walls (very muscular), carries blood under high pressure to the body, from heart

• heartbeat –> pulse w/in artery

Question 2

Capillaries

Answer 2

One cell thick (very thin), carries blood to cells via diffusion, to cells

*site of exchange

Question 3

capillaries exchange

Answer 3

oxygen + nutrients and is given carbon dioxide + waste

Question 4

Veins

Answer 4

Thin walls (less muscular), carries blood under low pressure back to the heart, **to heart

Question 5

one-way flap

Answer 5

peristaltic activity also takes place in the veins to keep blood moving one way

Question 6

ICF (Intracellular Fluid and Lymph)

Answer 6

Fluid forced out of capillaries and bathes the cell
*all material exchange is dissolved w/in the ICF

Question 7

Lymph

Answer 7

excess ICF is collected into the lymphatic system (vessels) and becomes a lymph

Question 8

Inferior Vena Cava

Answer 8

lymph is drained back into the large veins at the right ventricle of the heart

Question 9

Major Lymphatic Systems

Answer 9

have lymph nodes where phagocytes filter bacteria and dead cells from the lymph