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Blood Vessels & Circ
Chapter 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Communication between two structures, such as blood vessels | Anastomosis |
| Bulging sac in the wall of a vessel | Aneurysm |
| The largest artery; carries blood out of the hearts left ventricle | Aorta |
| Vessel between a small artery and a capillary | Arteriole |
| Vessel that carries blood away from the heart. | Artery |
| Hardening of the arteries due to the deoposit of yellowish, fatlike material in the lining of these vessels | Atherosclerosis |
| Receptor that responds to pressure, such as those in vessel walls that respond to stretching and help regulate blood pressure; a type of mechanoreceptor | Baroreceptor |
| Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take place between the blood and the tissues. | Capillary |
| The condition of having and embolus (obstruction in circulation) | Embolism |
| Blood clot or other obstruction in the circulation | Embolus |
| Procedure to remove plaque associated with atherosclerosis from a vessels lining. | Endarterectomy |
| Epithelium that lines the heart,k blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels | Endothelium |
| Loss of blood | Hemorrhage |
| High blood pressure | Hypertension |
| Low blood pressure | Hypotension |
| Lack of blood supply to the areas fed by arteries | Ischemia |
| Inflammation of a vein | Phlebitis |
| Wave of increased pressure in the vessels produced by heart contraction | Pulse |
| Pertaining to the circulation ; a life-threatening condition in which there is inadequate blood flow to the tissues | Shock |
| Enlarged capillary that serves as a blood channel | Sinusoid |
| Device used to measure blood pressure; blood pressure apparatus or cuff | Sphygmomanometer |
| Blood clot within a vessel | Thrombus |
| Decrease in a blood vessels diameter | Vasoconstriciton |
| Increase in a blood vessels diameter | Vasodilation |
| Vessel that carries blood toward the heart | Vein |
| Large vein that carries blood inot the hearts right atrium; superior or inferior | Vena cava |
| Large channel that drains deoxygenated blood | Venous Sinus |
| Vessel between a capillary and a vein | Venule |
| The general term for Varicose veins is? | Varices |
| The singular term for Varicose Veins is? | Varix |
| Superficial veins that have become swollen, distorted, and ineffective are called? | Vericose Veins |
| The what circuit delivers blood to the lungs? | Pulmonary |
| The lungs is where carbon dioxide is eliminated and what is replenished. | Oxygen |
| What vessels carry blood to and from the lungs? | Pulmonary |
| The pulmonary trunk and its arterial branches, capillaries in the lungs and pulmonary veins are all what that do what? | Pulmonary Vessels, carry blood to and from the lungs |
| The pulmonary trunk carrys the blood from the ? to the lungs. | Right Ventricle |
| The capillaries in the lungs exchange what? | Gases |
| The pulmonary veins carry blood back to the ? | Left Atrium |
| PULMONARY arteries carry blood that is ? in oxygen. | Low |
| PULMONARY veins carry blood that is ? in oxygen. | High |
| All arteries EXCEPT the PULMONARY artery carry blood that is ? in oxygen. | High |
| All Veins EXCEPT the PULMONARY vein carry blood that is ? in oxygen. | Low |
| The ? circuit serves the rest of the body. | Systemic |
| These vessels supply nutrients and oxygen to all the tissues and carry waste materials away |
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