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VESSELS

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

WHAT IS THE BULKIEST LAYER OF ARTERIES

Back (Answer)

TUNICA MEDIA

#2
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF ARTERIES

Back (Answer)

ELASTIC MUSCULAR ARTERIOLES CAPILLARIES

#3
Front (Question)

WHICH ARTERIES ARE ELASTIC ARTERIES

Back (Answer)

MAJOR BRANCHES OF TEH AORTA MOVING TO THE MEDIUM SIZED ARTERIES

#4
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE ELASTIC ARTERIES AKA

Back (Answer)

CONDUCTING ARTERIES

#5
Front (Question)

TRUE OR FALSE - ELASIC ARTERIES CONTAIN LARGE AMOUNTS OF ELASTIN

Back (Answer)

TRUE

#6
Front (Question)

WHICH ARTERIES ACT AS PRESSURE RESEVIOURS THAT DAMPEN THE PULSATILE PRESSURE OF THE HEART

Back (Answer)

ELASTIC ARTERIES

#7
Front (Question)

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MUSCULAR ARTERIES

Back (Answer)

DELIVER BLOOD TO SPECIFIC BODY ORGANS

#8
Front (Question)

WHAT TYPE OF ARTERY HAS THE THICKEST TUNICA MEDIA RELATIVE TO THEIR LUMEN SIZE

Back (Answer)

MUSCULAR ARTERIES

#9
Front (Question)

WHICH ARTERIES ARE MORE ACTIVE IN VASOCONSTRICTION

Back (Answer)

MUSCULAR ARTERIES

#10
Front (Question)

WHICH ARTERIES ARE LESS CAPABLE OF STRETCHING DUE TO LOWER LEVELS OF ELASTIN

Back (Answer)

MM ARTERIES

#11
Front (Question)

WHICH TYPE OF ARTERIES CONSTRICT OR DILATE IN RESPONSE TO NEURAL, HORMONAL AND CHEMICAL STIMULATION

Back (Answer)

ARTERIOLES

#12
Front (Question)

WHICH TYPE OF ARTERIES ARE REFERRED TO AS RESISTANCE VESSELS

Back (Answer)

ARTERIOLES

#13
Front (Question)

WHAT DO ARTERIOLES CONSTRICT AND DILATE IN RESPONSE TO

Back (Answer)

THE DEMAND OF THE TISSUES

#14
Front (Question)

CAPILLARIES ARE WIDE ENOUGH FOR?

Back (Answer)

ONE RBC TO PASS THROUGH

#15
Front (Question)

WHAT DO CAPILARIES CONSIST OF

Back (Answer)

A THIN TUNICA INTIMA

#16
Front (Question)

WHICH VESSELS SUPPLY O2 AND NUTRIENTS TO TISSUES

Back (Answer)

CAPILLARIES

#17
Front (Question)

WHICH TISSUES DONT HAVE RICH CAPILLARY SUPPLY

Back (Answer)

CORNEA, CARTILAGE, ACL AND PCL

#18
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES MICROCIRCULATION REFER TO

Back (Answer)

FLOW OF BLOOD FROM AN ARTERIOLE TO A VENULE THROUGH THE CAPILLARY BED

#19
Front (Question)

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF CAPILLARY SPHINCTERS

Back (Answer)

TO ACT AS VALVES AND CONTROL THE FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH A CAPILLARY BED

#20
Front (Question)

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CAPILLARY SPHINCTERS ARE OPEN

Back (Answer)

BLOOD THROWS THROUGH CAPILLARIES

#21
Front (Question)

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAPILLARY SPHINCTERS ARE CLOSED

Back (Answer)

BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH THE VASCULAR SHUNT

#22
Front (Question)

CAPILLARIES UNITE TO FORM?

Back (Answer)

VENULES

#23
Front (Question)

WHICH VESSELS ARE EXTREMELY POROUS

Back (Answer)

POSTCAPILLARY VENULES

#24
Front (Question)

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF POST CAPILLARY VENULES IN ACUTE INFLAMMATION

Back (Answer)

IF YOU TEAR A MM YOU GET AN ACUTE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, THE WBC AND PROSTAGLANDINS AND HISTAMINES GO THOUGH THE POROUS VENULES TO GET TO THE TISSUES