vessels and circulation
arteries-✅ carry blood away from heart
capillaries-✅ acts as transfer station btw veins and arteries
veins-✅ carry blood towards heart
laters of blood vessels-✅ tunica externa
tunica media
tunica intima
elastic arteries characteristics- ✅
smooth muscle cells, but not
vasoconstriction
absorb large pressure fluctuations as blood leaves heart
muscular arteries characteristics-✅ have thickest tunia media
smooth muscle cells
vasoconstriction/dilation
✅
arterioles charactersitics- mini arteries that branch out into capillaries
smooth muscle tissue
shut down individual capillary beds
venules- ✅ smallest vein component that sucks blood out of capillaries
veins -✅ carry deoxygenated blood from body back to heart
what is the function of valves in veins?-✅ keep blood flowing in the right
direction
arteries and veins differences-✅ arteries
carry blood away from heart
thick walled
carry oxygenated blood
arteries-✅ carry blood away from heart
capillaries-✅ acts as transfer station btw veins and arteries
veins-✅ carry blood towards heart
laters of blood vessels-✅ tunica externa
tunica media
tunica intima
elastic arteries characteristics- ✅
smooth muscle cells, but not
vasoconstriction
absorb large pressure fluctuations as blood leaves heart
muscular arteries characteristics-✅ have thickest tunia media
smooth muscle cells
vasoconstriction/dilation
✅
arterioles charactersitics- mini arteries that branch out into capillaries
smooth muscle tissue
shut down individual capillary beds
venules- ✅ smallest vein component that sucks blood out of capillaries
veins -✅ carry deoxygenated blood from body back to heart
what is the function of valves in veins?-✅ keep blood flowing in the right
direction
arteries and veins differences-✅ arteries
carry blood away from heart
thick walled
carry oxygenated blood