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Cardiovascular System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2011

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Term
Arteries
Definition
Carries blood away from the heart.
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Arterioles
Definition
The smallest branches of arteries.
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Capillaries
Definition
Smallest blood vessels.
Location where diffusion occurs between blood and interstitial fluid.
Term
Venules
Definition
Collect blood from capillaries.
Unite to form veins.
Term
Veins
Definition
Return blood to the heart
Term
Tunica intima
Definition
Tunica interna
Innermost layer of a blood vessel
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Internal Elastic Membrane
Definition
Layer of elastic fibers in outer margin
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Tunica media
Definition
The middle layer of a blood vessel
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External elastic membrane
Definition
Separates tunica media from tunica externa (arteries only)
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Tunica externa
Definition
Tunica Adventitia
The outermost layer of a blood vessel
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