The Heart and Blood Vessels

a vessel that carries blood towards the heart

• Arterioles

• Venules

• Veins

• Arteries

a small vein

• Arterioles

• Venules

• Capillaries/Capillary beds

• Veins

A extremely small blood vessel connected to arterioles and venules

• Vein

• Arteries

• Arterioles

• Capillaries/Capillary beds

A small artery

• Arterioles

• Capillaries/Capillary beds

• Venules

• Veins

A vessel that carries blood away from the heart

• Veins

• Arteries

• Arterioles

• Venules

A type of circulatory system in which the transport fluid is always enclosed within blood vessels and only flows in one direction

• Systemic Circulation

• Open transport system

• Closed transport system

• Pulmonary Circulation

located on the posterior portion of heart. Empties into the right atrium

• Coronary sinus

• Semilunar valves

• Atrioventricular valves

• Coronary arteries

blood vessels that drain deoxygenated blood from the myocardium into the coronary sinus

• Cardiac veins

• Coronary arteries

blood vessels that supply oxygen rich blood to your heart muscle

• Cardiac veins

• Coronary arteries

Located between each ventricle and the major artery that leads blood out of the heart. These valves are closed during heart relaxation and open when ventricles contract making the 'dub' sound

• Atrioventricular valves

• Semilunar valves