Blood Vessels

What carries oxygen around the body?

• Plasma

• Red Blood Cells

• Platelets

• White Blood Cells

Which is the smallest of the 3 blood vessels?

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

What type of blood do the arteries usually carry?

• Oxygenated Blood

• Deoxygenated Blood

Which blood vessel has valves to prevent the back-flow of blood?

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

What is blood made of?

• oxygen and plasma

• red blood cells and white blood cells

• plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

• plasma and platelets

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

• arteries
• veins
• venules
• capillaries

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

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

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