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The function of arteries and arterioles is?
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Transport oxygenated blood away from the heart
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The 3 layers of muscle in arteries are?
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Tunica Adventitia - outer later Tunica Media - middle layer Tunica Intima - inner lining |
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Smaller branches of arteries are called?
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Arterioles
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What are the arteries that link between main arteries, e.g. supplying the palms of the hands?
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Anastomoses
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What is an end artery?
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End artery is the sole source of blood flow to an area of tissue
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What is the smallest type of artery?
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Capillaries
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What are capillaries?
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Single layer of endothelial cells sitting on a very thin basement layer
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What do veins do?
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Return blood at a low pressure to the heart
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What sort of blood do veins carry?
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Deoxygenated
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At any one time how much blood does the venous system hold?
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2/3rds of the bodies blood
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