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    Blood Vessels

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    Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and have a thicker muscular wall than veins to withstand the high blood pressure. Veins have a thinner wall and return deoxygenated blood to the heart. Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels and allow for the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients between blood and tissues through their thin single-layer wall. They form networks called capillary beds that branch off arterioles and empty into venules.

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    Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and have a thicker muscular wall than veins to withstand the high blood pressure. Veins have a thinner wall and return deoxygenated blood to the heart. Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels and allow for the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients between blood and tissues through their thin single-layer wall. They form networks called capillary beds that branch off arterioles and empty into venules.

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    Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and have a thicker muscular wall than veins to withstand the high blood pressure. Veins have a thinner wall and return deoxygenated blood to the heart. Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels and allow for the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients between blood and tissues through their thin single-layer wall. They form networks called capillary beds that branch off arterioles and empty into venules.

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    Blood Vessels

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    Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and have a thicker muscular wall than veins to withstand the high blood pressure. Veins have a thinner wall and return deoxygenated blood to the heart. Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels and allow for the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients between blood and tissues through their thin single-layer wall. They form networks called capillary beds that branch off arterioles and empty into venules.

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    Blood vessels Arteries

    - Form a closed vascular system that - Have a heavier, stronger, stretcher


    transports blood to the tissues and back tunica media than veins…
    to the heart
    Veins
    Artery and arterioles
    - …
    - Vessels that carry blood away from the
    Capillaries
    heart
    Capillary beds - Only once cell layer thick (tunica intima
    - Allow exchanges between blood and
    - Vessel that plays a role in exchanges tissue
    between tissues - Form networks called capillary beds that
    consist of
    Venules and veins
    o A vascular shunt
    - Vessels that return blood toward the o True capillaries
    heart  Branch off a terminal
    arteriole
    William Harvey
     Empty directly…
    - “blood moves in circles” - Blood flow through a capillary bed:
    microcirculation
    Microscopic anatomy of blood vessels

    Gross anatomy of blood vessels


    Tunics
    Major arteries of systemic circulation
    - Three layers in blood vessel except the
    capillaries Aorta
    1. Tunica Intima
    - Largest artery in the body
    o Forms a friction reducing lining
    - Leaves from the left ventricle of the
    o Inner layer
    heart
     Endothelium - Regions:
    2. Tunica Media
    o Ascending aorta
    o Middle layer
     Leaves te left ventricle
    o Smooth muscle and elastic
    o …
    tissue
    o Controlled by sympathetic
    nervous system
    3. Tunica externa
    o Outer layer
    o Forms protective outermost
    covering
    o Mostly fibrous connective tissue
    o Supports and protects the vessel

    Structural differences in arteries, veins and


    capillaries

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