cardiovascular system

The volume of blood flowing through a blood vessel, organ, or the entire circulation system in a given period

• resistance

• blood pressure

• blood flow

• blood vessels

the force per unit area exerted on a vessel wall by the blood inside it

• blood pressure

• blood flow

• resistance

• blood vessels

the opposition to flow; the amount of friction the blood encounters as it passes through the blood vessels

• blood flow

• blood pressure

• resistance

• blood vessel

the dynamic structures that create pathways that constrict and relax in order to transport blood through out the body

• blood vessels

• blood flow

• blood pressure

• resistance

blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

• capillary beds

• capillaries

• arterioles

• arteries

smaller blood vessels that branch off of arteries and feed into capillary beds in our different organs and tissues

• arteries

• arterioles

• capillaries

• capillary beds

the smallest blood vessels with the tinniest walls in order to maximize the exchange of material to blood and interstitial fluid

• arteries

• capillary beds

• capillaries

• aterioles

a network of cappilary

• aterioles

• arteries

• capillaries

• capillary beds

blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart

• veins

• venules

• pericardium

• myocardium

smallest vein components that branch off of capillary beds and feed into bigger and bigger veins that lead back to the heart

• pericardium

• veins

• venules

• myocardium