Memmler's Chapter 15 Final Exam compilation Questions and Answers 100%Correct/Verified Assured Success

Memmler's Chapter 15 Final Exam compilation Questions and Answers 100%Correct/Verified Assured Success The smallest vessels are the _______________. - ANSWER- Capillaries Artery arteriole capillary ____________ vein - ANSWER- venule ____________ pressure is the peak pressure in an artery. - ANSWER- systolic A vessel that carries blood back to the heart is a(n) - ANSWER- vein Narrowing of a blood vessel's diameter is called ___________. - ANSWERvasoconstriction The _______ artery becomes the femoral artery. - ANSWER- external iliac The vessels in which exchanges between the blood and body cells take place are the __________. - ANSWER- capillaries Which of these forces pulls fluid from the tissue spaces into the capillary? - ANSWERosmotic pressure When you measure blood pressure using a blood pressure cuff, what are you actually measuring? - ANSWER- pressures in the brachial artery An increase in a blood vessel's internal diameter is called - ANSWER- vasodilation Which of these actions would reduce blood return from the legs to the heart? - ANSWER- holding your breath A central space in a blood vessel is called the - ANSWER- lumen The autonomic nervous system activates a vasomotor center in the ___________ to regulate blood pressure. - ANSWER- medulla oblongata Blood will flow into a capillary bed when - ANSWER- the precapillary sphincters are dilated Contraction of _________ is the main force that creates blood pressure. - ANSWERleft ventricle The aorta ends inferiorly when it branches into the - ANSWER- common iliac arteries The walls of capillaries consist of - ANSWER- only the inner tunic The left gastric, splenic, and hepatic arteries all spring from which branch of the aorta? - ANSWER- celiac trunk Does the brachiocephalic artery supply the left side of the body? - ANSWER- No