A&P - CV 2

What are the 5 blood vessels?

• Arteries, veins, capillaries, venules, ventricles

• Arteries, capillaries, venules, arterioles, atria

• Arteries, venules, arterioles, capillaries, veins

• Right/Left Ventricle, Right/Left Atrium

1.    What blood vessel have thick muscular walls to carry blood at high speeds under high pressure?

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Arteries

• Venules

1.    What blood vessel is the smallest of all the blood vessels, narrow and thin?

• Arterioles

• Capillaries

• Vein

• Arteries

Which blood vessel is essentially responsible for controlling blood flow to the capillaries?

• Arterioles

• Veins

• Arteries

• Venules

Veins facilitate venous return – What does this mean?

• The return of deoxygenated blood to the heart

• The return of oxygenated blood to the heart

• Deoxygenated blood leaving heart

• Oxygenated blood leaving heart

What blood vessel connect the capillaries to the veins?

• Arteries

• Venules

• Aterioles

What is another name for Red blood cells?

• Erythrocytes

• Leucocytes

• Thrombocytes

• Cocytes

What is the primary function of platelets?

• Clotting to prevent blood loss

• To fight infection

• To carry oxygen to all living tissue

• To suspend blood cells

Which composition of blood has a straw-coloured liquid in which all blood cells are suspended?

• White blood cells

• Plasma

• Thrombocytes

• Red blood cells

Which blood vessel is mainly close to the surface and can be seen under the skin?

• Arterioles

• Venules

• Arteries

• Veins