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| carry blood away from the heart to other organs |
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| a small, almost microscopic, artery that delivers blood to a capillary |
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| a microscopic blood vessel located between an arteriole and venule through which materials are exchanged between blood and interstitial fluid |
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| formed by groups of capillaries within a tissue which reunite to form small viens. |
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| blood vessels that convey blood from the tissues back to the heart |
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forms the inner linning of a blood vessel and is in direct contact with thhe blood as it flows through the lumen of the vessel.
(tunic= garment; interna or intima= innermost) |
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| a muscular and connective tissue layer that displays the greatest variation among the different vessel types |
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| the outer covering of a blood vessel, consists of elastic and collagen fibers |
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| decrease in diameter of the lumen of a blood vessel |
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| increase in lumen diameter |
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the largest arteries in the body.
(aorta and pulmonary trunk) |
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| medium-sized arteries. tunica media contains more smooth muscle and fewer elastic fibers |
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(to bind tight)
monitors the blood flow into the capillary |
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| network of 10-100 capillaries that arises from a single metarteriole |
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| (sinus= curve)wider and more winding than other capillaries |
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the movement of the substances between blood and interstitial fluid.
substances enter and leave capillaries by diffusion, transcytosis, or bluk flow |
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| based on altering compression and decompression of viens |
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