Blood Vessels Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• arteries: carry blood away from the heart.
• elastic: _ arteries are those nearest the heart.
• muscular: _ arteries distribute blood to various parts of organs and living tissues.
• arterioles: a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries.
• capillarybed: a network of numerous capillaries formed from true capillaries and/or vascular shunts (2 words).
• capillaries: the smallest blood vessels
• pericytes: cells present at intervals along the walls of capillaries.
• veins: carry blood toward the heart.
• venules: a very small veins.
• venousvalves: structures of the veins preventing the blood backflow (2 words).
• tunicaintima: innermost layer of an artery or vein (2 words).
• tunicamedia: layer of the arteries or veins consisting of smooth muscle cells (2 words).
• tunicaexterna: connective tissue layer, outmost layer of the arteries and veins (2 words).
• vasoconstriction: the narrowing of blood vessels by small muscles in their walls.
• vasodilation: when blood vessels in your body widen.
• vasavasorum: vessels of the vessels (2 words)
• anastomosis: a surgical procedure that is used to connect vessels to each other
• systolic: if a patient bp is 120/80, their _ pressure is 120.
• diastolic: the _ blood pressure is measured when the heart rests between beats.
• pulse: the _ pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
• map: the average arterial pressure throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole.
• baroreceptor: type of mechanoreceptors allowing for relaying information derived from blood pressure within the autonomic nervous system.
• syncope: fainting or passing out.
• edema: swelling caused by too much fluid trapped in the body's tissues.