Blood Vessels

These carry blood to the heart:

• arteries
• veins
• capillaries
• arterioles

These carry blood away from the heart

• arteries
• veins
• venules
• capillaries

These have muscular walls:

• capillaries
• veins
• venules
• arteries

These have valves that prevent backflow of blood

• arteries
• veins
• arterioles
• capillaries

Where material exchange takes place between the cells and blood vessels:

• arteries
• veins
• venules
• capillaries

Length of all the blood vessels in the human body

• 100 meters
• enough to round the world 10X
• enough the round the world 2 1/2 times
• about 1,000 miles

Largest artery in the human body:

• Pulmonary artery
• femoral artery
• aorta
• carotid artery

Where pressure is the highest

• arteries closest to the heart
• veins closest to the heart
• capillaries
• venules

Contract and expand with the heart beat:

• arteries
• veins
• venules
• capillaries

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Carry oxygenated blood back to the heart, only type of these to do this:

• pulmonary arteries
• pulmonary veins
• pulmonary capillaries
• aorta artery