If hypertension increases vascular resistance, the cardiac afterload will

The plateau phase of the cardiac action potential is found in

True or false: Continuous capillaries are found in all tissues

True or False: veins stretch more than arteries

True or False: The tunica media anchors the vessel to adjacent tissues

Location of exchange between blood and interstitial fluid

Which has thinner walls?

Carries blood from right ventricle to pulmonary circulation

Which has a large, irregular lumen (endothelium is folded)?

When deoxygenated blood has returned to the heart, this is the first valve the deoxygenated blood must pass through

Carries blood from left ventricle to systemic circulation

Which layer of the blood vessel contains collagen fibers, elastic fibers, and smooth muscle cells (in veins)

Outermost layer of the blood vessel

Which layer of the blood vessels includes the endothelial lining and connective tissue

Blood is distributed mostly in the

The kidney releases renin in response to

The internal elastic membrane is found in which type of blood vessel?

When constricted, this has a small round lumen

Which has valves?

Smallest branches of arteries that lead to capillary beds

Smallest blood vessels with thin walls

The tunica media includes the

The endothelium is part of the

What membrane separates the tunica media from the tunica externa?

Which layer of the blood vessels encircles the endothelium and external elastic membrane?

Smallest branches of veins that collect blood from capillaries

Which is more elastic?

The most effective mechanism to modify peripheral vascular resistance is by 

Return blood to the heart

Innermost layer of blood vessels

Which has lower blood pressure?

The middle layer of blood vessels

Compression of veins pushes blood ______ the heart

Venous valves are folds of the

Which layer of the blood vessels contains smooth muscle tissue?

Contains small arteries and veins in walls of large arteries and veins

Has thicker walls and higher blood pressure

Allows arteries to absorb pressure waves that come with each heartbeat

Allows arteries to change diameter as controlled by the sympathetic nervous system

An example of a local vasodilator in tissue is

Contraction of arterial smooth muscle

The amount of blood pumped through the circulation each minute is the

Which has larger diameters?

The nutrient transported from the small intestines in the lymphatic system is

Relaxation of arterial smooth muscle, enlarging the lumen

Which is the correct flow of change of arteries from the heart to capillaries?

A bulge in an arterial wall caused by a weak spot in elastic fibers and can rupture with pressure

Largest arteries, also known as conducting arteries

Medium-sized muscular arteries also known as distribution arteries

Small vessels, also known as resistance vessels

What do capillary beds connect?

Which of these does the capillary have in its structure?

What type of lining do capillaries have?

What do Continuous capillaries permit?

What do Continuous capillaries block?

Where would I find fenestrated capillaries?

The type of capillaries with gaps between adjacent endothelial cells

Capillary that permits the free exchange of water and large proteins

Where can you find sinusoidal capillaries?

Smooth muscle cells that guard entract to each capillary by opening and closing which causes blood to flow in pulses

Direct capillary connections between arterioles and venules

_________ circulation allows circulation if one artery is blocked

Fusion of two collateral arteries

Direct connections between arterioles and venules that bypass the capillary bed

Formation of new blood vessels

What stimulates angiogenesis

Angiogenesis occurs in response to factors released by cells that are

Collect blood from capillaries and return it to the heart

When walls of veins near the valves weaken, what may result?

Heart, arteries, and capillaries take up what percentage of blood volume

The venous system takes up what percentage of blood distribution?

Blood vessel capacitance is the ability to

Venoconstriction occurs in response to