CHAPTER 14

Smooth muscle cells that guard the entrance to capillaries

Carries blood to heart

Carry blood into the venules

Carry blood away from the heart

Largest Vein

Largest Artery

Outermost layer of arteries and veins

A type of arteriosclerosis caused by lipids

Decreased blood supply to a tissue

Abnormally widening of arterial wall

Tissue Death

Necrosis that has progressed to decay

Varicose veins in the rectum

Vein inflammation

Cerebral vascular accident (CVA)

Hardening of the arteries

Clot formation

The aorta carries blood out of what?

The superior vena cava returns blood to?

The ________ function as exchange vessels.

Blood returns from the lungs during pulmonary circulatino via the:

Removing excess glucose & storing it in the liver as glycogen
Detoxifying blood
Assisting the body to maintain proper blood glucose balance
All the above are how what serves the body?

The structure used to bypass the liver in the fetal circulation is the:

The foramen ovale serves the fetal circulation by:

The structure used to connect the aorta and pulmonary artery in the fetal circulation is the:

What are the following?
Femoral, Coronary, Popliteal

Blood pressure is highest in the?

Blood press is lowest in the?

The difference between two blood pressures is referred to as?

A stroke is often the result of low or high blood pressure?

Massive hemorrhage increases or decreases blood pressure?

Blood pressure?

What affects cardiac output and blood pressure?

What helps determine how much blood drains out of arteries into arterioles?

What does a stronger heartbeat tend to do to blood pressure?

A weaker heartbeat tends to do what to the blood pressure?

What is it when Systolic pressure is being exerted against the vessels?

What happens if blood pressure becomes less viscous than normal?

What device is used to measure blood pressures?

What is venous blood pressure within the the right atrium called?

The pulse is a/an ________ expanding and then recoiling?

What artery is located in the wrist?

What is located in the neck along the front edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle?

What artery is located at the bend of the elbow that is used for locating the pulse?

Complications of septicemia may result in?

What results from any type of heart failure?

What is an acute type of allergic reaction called?

What is caused by a severe allergic reaction characterized by blood vessel dilation?

Caused by nerve condition that relaxes (dilates) blood vessels and thus reduces blood flow?

What does "Hypovolemia" mean?

What is the medical term for high blood pressure?

What is septic shock caused by?

What is a drop in blood volume?

Which vessels collect blood from the capillaries and return it to the heart?

What is the innermost coat of an artery that comes into direct contact with blood called?

Varicose veins in the rectum?

The ductus venosus allows most blood from the placenta to bypass the fetal liver?

What is "Arteriosclerosis" a disorder of?

A common type of vascular disease that occludes arteries by lipids and other matter is?

Ischemia

Phlebitis

Foramen ovale

Aneurysm

Vena cava

Angioplasty

Aorta

Pulmonary

Great saphenous vein

Cardiogenic Shock