ALHS 1011 STRUCTURE / FUNCTION Exam #1
Questions with correct answers
innermost lining of blood vessels - ✔✔endothelium
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart - ✔✔Arteries
Largest artery in the body - ✔✔Aorta
smallest arteries - ✔✔Arterioles
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart - ✔✔Veins
small veins - ✔✔Venules
Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take place between the blood and
cells of the body - ✔✔Capillaries
control the blood flow into capillary beds. - ✔✔precapillary sphincters
A vein connecting the capillary bed of the intestines with the capillary bed of the
liver. This allows amino acids and gluocse absorbed from the intestines to be
delivered first to the liver for processing before being transported throughout the
circulatory system. - ✔✔hepatic portal vein
Supplies oxygenated blood to the liver - ✔✔hepatic artery
Questions with correct answers
innermost lining of blood vessels - ✔✔endothelium
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart - ✔✔Arteries
Largest artery in the body - ✔✔Aorta
smallest arteries - ✔✔Arterioles
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart - ✔✔Veins
small veins - ✔✔Venules
Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take place between the blood and
cells of the body - ✔✔Capillaries
control the blood flow into capillary beds. - ✔✔precapillary sphincters
A vein connecting the capillary bed of the intestines with the capillary bed of the
liver. This allows amino acids and gluocse absorbed from the intestines to be
delivered first to the liver for processing before being transported throughout the
circulatory system. - ✔✔hepatic portal vein
Supplies oxygenated blood to the liver - ✔✔hepatic artery
