Circulatory System Vocabulary

Front

Blood flow is the volume of blood flowing through a blood vessel, organ, or the entire circulation system in a given _______.

Back

period.

Front

Fill in the blank: Blood pressure is the force per unit area exerted on a vessel wall by the blood _______.

Back

inside it

Front

Resistance is the opposition to flow; the amount of friction the blood encounters as it passes through the blood _______.

Back

vessels

Front

Fill in the blank: Blood vessels are the dynamic structures that create pathways that constrict and relax in order to transport blood throughout the _______.

Back

body

Front

Fill in the blank: Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the _______.

Back

heart

Front

Arterioles are smaller blood vessels that branch off of arteries and feed into capillary beds in our different organs and _______.

Back

tissues

Front

The smallest blood vessels with the thinnest walls in order to maximize the exchange of materials between the blood and interstitial fluid.

Back

Capillaries

Front

Capillary beds = _______.

Back

A network of capillaries.

Front

Veins = _______.

Back

Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart.

Front

Smallest vein components that branch off of capillary beds and feed into bigger and bigger veins that lead back to the heart.

Back

Venules