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Question | Answer |
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The largest side of the heart is | the left side |
What structure prevents backflow into the heart | Heart valves |
The ascending aorta is continuous with... | arch of aorta |
The connective tissue in the heart wall forms | Fibrous skeleton of the heart |
There are two major set arteries | Elastic arteries & Muscular arteries |
Large blood vessels are known as | Vasa vasorum |
Capillaries merge to form | Venules |
Arterioles are also known as | Resistance vessels |
After birth this blood vessel closes leaving | ligamentum arteriosum |
Carries blood to all organs except the lungs | system arteries |
Ensures that the cusps of the AV valves permit blood to flow into the ventricles | Papillary muscles |
Flow of Blood that penetrate the myocardium | Coronary circulation |
The walls of blood vessels consist of three major layers(T/F) | true |
Vasodilation occurs when smooth muscle contract(T/F) | false |
Vascular tone stiffens the vessel wall(T/f) | True |
Capillaries merge to deliver Oxygenated blood into systemic venules(T/F) | false |