WGU -D313 -Anatomy and Physiology 2 -Cardiovascular System -Lesson 2
Elastic Fibers - ANSWER-the connective tissue fiber that is yellowish in color, as opposed to the collagen fiber that is whitish
Blood Pressure - ANSWER-pressure exerted by blood on the vessel walls
Mechanical Energy - ANSWER-the total amount of kinetic energy and potential energy of an object that is used to do a specific work
Kinetic Energy - ANSWER-a form of energy that an object or a particle has by reason of its motion
Blood Vessels - ANSWER-the components of the circulatory system that transports blood throughout the human body
Capillaries - ANSWER-the smallest blood vessels in the body, connecting the smallest arteries to the smallest veins
Venules - ANSWER-a small blood vessel in the microcirculation that allows deoxygenated blood to return from capillary beds to larger blood vessels called veins
Conducting Arteries - ANSWER-large, conducting blood from the heart to muscular arteries
Recoil - ANSWER-the reverse thrust generated due to high pressure of blood
Distributing Arteries - ANSWER-medium-sized arteries that draw blood from an elastic artery and branch into resistance vessels
Smooth Muscle - ANSWER-involuntary muscles that do no have striations
Vasoconstriction - ANSWER-reduction in the diameter of blood vessel
Vasodilation - ANSWER-increase in the diameter in blood vessel
Resistance Vessels - ANSWER-blood vessel with a small diameter
Metarterioles - ANSWER-short micro vessels
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