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23 Cards in this Set
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Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart and distributes the blood to organs?
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Arteries
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Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood vessel that carries blood to the heart from the tissues.
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Veins
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Which type of blood vessel has the greatest effect on blood pressure?
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Arterioles
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The name of the vessels that bypasses a capillary bed, connects an arteriole to a venule
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Metarteriole
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The layer of an artery that is responsible for vasoconstriction?
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Tunica Media
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What makes up the tunica externa?
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Elastic Collagen Fibers
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What makes up the tunica interna.
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Endothelium, basement membrane, and simple squameous
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List in order from external to internal the layers of an artery
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Tunica externa Tunica Media Tunica interna
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Damage to an artery will cause the smooth muscle to contact this is called
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Vasciouspasm
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The type of blood vessel that acts as a pressure reservoir.
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Elastic Arteries
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The largest blood reservoir in the body are the
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systemic veins and venules
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This vessel regulates the blood flow into the capillary bed.plays a key role in regulating blood flow
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Arterioles
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These structures control the blood flow into a capillary bed
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Precapillary sphinter
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Increased oxygen to the tissues will cause the precapillary sphincter to ___________
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Closed or contract
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An increase in metabolic waste products will cause the precapillary sphincter to ______
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relax or open
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Name the structures that prevent the backflow of blood in veins and not arteries
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valves
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The vessels that are the major site of exchange of nutrients and metabolic waste between the blood
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capillaries
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What is the other name for capillaries
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exchange vessels
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What are the three mechanisms for capillary exchange
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diffusion transcytosis and bulk flow
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Which of the above is the most important capillary exchange method?
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Diffusion
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What factors determine the net filtration pressure
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BnP BCOP IfOP IfhP
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List the tissues where fenestrated capillaries are located.
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Most structure not in central nervous system
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List the major tissue that contains continuous capillaries
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Central Nervous System
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