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A. They distribute blood to various parts of the body.
B. They contain a large quantity of elastic tissue.
C. The contraction and relaxation of the smooth muscle in their walls can change their diameter.
D. Their prime function is the exchange of nutrients and wastes between the blood and tissue cells.
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∙ 9y agoArterioles can increase and decrease their resistance in response to changes in cardiac output in order to maintain blood pressure. Increased cardiac output will cause arterioles to correspondingly decrease their resistance (thus increasing their compliance) so blood pressure remains unchanged.
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What Site has the greatest resistance to blood flow?
Arterioles.
Which Site is the major determinant of peripheral resistance?
cardiac output and heart rate
What are examples of arterioles?
There isnt exactly specific arterioles because every conduction system of Arteries flow from Elastic arteries -> muscular arteries -> arterioles. Arterioles are the smallest of the arteries and produce the greatest vascular resistance of blood. The blood then passes onto capillaries for gas/waste/nutrient exchange.
How did you distinguish between arterioles and venules when you observed the vessels in the frog's foot?
The frogÃ?s foot is compromised of thin skin making it ideal to view blood flow. The movement of blood into the capillary bed is monitored by the arterioles and the venules drain it away.
Name and describe the main types of blood versels in the body?
1. The main type of blood vessels in the body are: Arteries, its arterial blood is pumped from the heart through a series of large distribution vessel. Arterioles is arteries that is into subdivide into vessels that become progressively smaller and finally become tiny. Capillaries is arterioles that control the flow into microscopic exchange vessels . Venues is the so called capillary beds, the exchange of nutrients and respiratory gases occurs between the blood and the tissue fluid around the cells.
Which blood vessel offer most resistance to blood flow?
Arterioles generally have the highest resistance because they are so extremely small.
What is main site of peripheral resistance?
arterioles offer maximum peripheral resistance .Skin and skeletal muscle blood vessels represent most imp. site of peripheral resistance.
What are arterioles and what are capillaries?
Arteioles are blood vessels that connect arteries and capillaries. Capillaries are blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules
Which vessels are called capacitance vessels?
Veins are considered capacitance vessels because they collect 60-70% of the blood in systemic circulation. Small arteries and arterioles are considered resistance vessels because they represent where pressure is more greatly reduced.
What connects blood vessels to arteries?
Arterioles.
When there is increased resistance then arteriolar constriction and pressure drops?
Resistance changes dramatically with changes in diameter of blood vessels (arterioles are one type of blood vessel). If you INCREASE the diameter of the arteriole, you DECREASE the resistance and thus DECREASE the blood pressure.
What vessels control the flow of blood through the capillaries?
Arterioles.
What blood vessels carry blood toward the capillaries?
arterioles
In blood vessels where does the greatest pressure drop occur?
the arterioles
What are the functions of arterioles?
Arterioles are small blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the body tissues.
What Site has the greatest resistance to blood flow?
Arterioles.
What vessels have smooth muscle in their walls?
Those would be they Arteries and arterioles.
