Exam 29: Blood Vessels

Match each term with its corresponding description. -Vessel in which exchange occurs between the blood and tissue fluid

The tunica media is also called the tunica adventitia.

Umbilical arteries carry blood from the placenta to the fetus.

Match each artery to its correct anatomical location. -Kidney

Which of these blood vessels are called resistance vessels?

Match each artery to its correct anatomical location. -Brain

A portal system sends blood through two sets of capillaries.

As the external iliac artery enters the thigh, its name changes to the femoral artery.

There are two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein.

The most important blood vessels in the cardiovascular system are the:

The foramen ovale is a hole in the wall between the right and left ventricles in the fetus heart that facilitates blood being shunted away to avoid the nonfunctioning lungs.

How would relocating a vein for the purpose of bypassing a partial blockage in the coronary arteries support a better functioning heart?

Veins tend to have more anastomoses than do arteries.

Match each artery to its correct anatomical location. -Stomach

Match each artery to its correct anatomical location. -Adrenal gland

Match each artery to its correct anatomical location. -Upper arm

The tissue layers of blood vessels from exterior to interior are:

As the external iliac artery enters the thigh, its name changes to the _____ artery.

The pulmonary arteries carry blood to the:

Match each term with its corresponding description. -Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel