Blood Vessels

What is the job of the arteries?

• To take blood throughout the body

• To take blood away from the heart

• To take blood throughout the heart

• To take blood to the heart

The job of the capillaries is to assist in the exchange of only gases such as carbon dioxide and oxygen between the blood and the body tissues.

• True

• False

Where is the largest artery of the body found?

• Near the surface of the skin

• Just between the internal digestive organs and the muscular layers of the body

• Connected to the brain

• Connected to the heart

A difference between veins and arteries is that veins have narrow lumens and arteries have wide lumens

• True

• False

The thick walls of the capillaries allow the passage of food, water, and oxygen pass from the blood vessels into the body cells.

• True

• False

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Which blood vessel carries blood FROM the tissues INto the heart?

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

• red blood cells

Which type of blood vessel has thinner walls?

• artery

• vein

These blood vessels move the blood AWAY from the heart to other parts of the body:

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

• white blood cells

What type of blood vessel is the smallest and has the thinnest walls?

• capillaries

• arteries

• platelets

• veins

In what blood vessel are substances (like oxygen) transported directly into organ tissues?

• arteries

• capillaries

• red blood cells

• veins