Circulatory System BLOOD VESSELS
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transport blood
what do blood vessels do?
Arteries
what carries blood away from the heart and has the highest average blood pressure of all the blood vessels?
Arterioles
what branches off of arteries to, capillaries, venules, and lastly veins?
arteries to arterioles
the largest drop in pressure occurs at the transition from which two blood vessels?
capillaries
which blood vessel is considered to be one-cell-thick vessels that come off from arterioles and allow for diffusion of gases and nutrients at the body tissues and lungs?
venules
what connects the capillaries to the veins?
veins
which blood vessel transports blood back towards the heart and has the lowest average pressure of all the blood vessels?
true
true or false? veins hold more blood than arteries.
veins
which blood vessel has valves to prevent back flow, and rely on the contraction of surrounding muscles to pump the blood within them?
pulmonary arteries
which arteries carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart?