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| What are the three layers of blood vessels? |
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| Tunica intima, Tunica media, and Tunica externa |
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| Arteries have thicker ____ while veins have thicker _____ |
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| Tunica media;Tunica externa |
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| What part of a blood vessel controls constriction? |
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| What is the endothelium layer of a blood vessel? |
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| What are the two functions of the Tunica media? |
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| vasodialation and vasoconstriction |
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| What layer of the blood vessels are made of CT? |
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| What are the three types of blood vessels? |
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| Arteries, capillaries, veins |
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| Arteries carry blood ____ the heart |
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| What are the three types of arteries? |
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| Elastic, Muscular, and arterioles |
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| What are the largest arteries near the heart? |
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| elastic arteries; aorta and its major branches |
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| muscular arteries have a ___ ____ tunica media |
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| tube of simple squamous epithelium surrounded by a basement membrane |
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| What two organs receive constant blood flow? |
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| What are the functions of capillaries? |
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| deliveer nutrients and remove wastes from tissues |
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| holes in endothelial cells |
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| Define inercellular clefts |
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| gaps of unjoined membrane between adjacent endothelial cells; normally joined by tight junctions |
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| What are the three types of capillaries? |
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| continuous, fenestrated, and sinusoidal |
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| What are the two components of fenestrated capillaries? |
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| intercellular clefts and fenestrations |
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| Where can you find sinusoidal capillaries? |
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| ___ % of blood is in the venous circulation at any given moment |
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| What two structures allow for venous blood to defy gravity? |
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| valves and the skeletal muscle pump |
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| Where can you find most valves? |
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| What is the purpose of the valve? |
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| to prevent backflow of blood |
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| The brachial vein joins with the ____ to form that axillary vein |
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| the cephalic vein joins with the ____ vein to form the _____ |
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| axillary vein; subclavian vein |
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