CAX ASB arteries veins and capillaries

The process by which blood moves between the heart and the lungs

• Pulmonary Circulation

• Valves

• Atria

• Ventricles

• Septum

Small vessels that carry blood from arterioles and to small vessels called venules which then empty into veins

• Arterioles

• Arteries

• Veins

• Venules

• Capillaries

Blood vessels that return blood to the heart

• Arterioles

• Arteries

• Venules

• Veins

• Capillaries

Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart

• Arterioles

• Arteries

• Veins

• Venules

• Capillaries

Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

• True

• False

______________ are the smallest blood vessels.

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries

______________ are the second largest blood vessel. 

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries

What makes up around 55% of the blood?

• Plasma

• Red Blood Cells

• White Blood Cells

• Platelets

What carries oxygen around the body?

• Plasma

• Red Blood Cells

• Platelets

• White Blood Cells

Tags

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These carry blood to the heart:

• arteries
• veins
• capillaries
• arterioles