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Which blood vessels have the highest pressure and vascular resistance?

Veins

Pulmonary veins

Arteries (correct)

Pulmonary arteries

What is the primary goal of the pulmonary circulation?

To carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues

To carry metabolic waste products from the tissues to their point of elimination

To carry nutrients from the digestive tract to the tissues

To carry carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs (correct)

Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium?

Pulmonary arteries

Veins

Arteries

Pulmonary veins (correct)

During exercise, what happens to cardiac output?

Increases Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of redistributing blood flow during times of increased activity?

To ensure blood is directed to areas with greater metabolic need Signup and view all the answers

Which blood vessels receive output from the left ventricle and branch into numerous parallel vascular circuits?

Arteries Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the vascular system carries nutrients from the digestive tract to the tissues?

Arteries Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of veins compared to arteries?

Veins have lower compliance Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about blood flow velocity and cross-sectional area?

Blood flow velocity and cross-sectional area are inversely related Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a function of slow blood velocity in capillaries?

Allows for exchange of water and bloodborne substances Signup and view all the answers

What is the most important function of nitric oxide (NO) in the vascular system?

Maintains vessel patency Signup and view all the answers

What is a hallmark of endothelial dysfunction that accompanies atherosclerosis?

Decreased nitric oxide production Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common site of atherosclerosis in the arterial system?

Coronary arteries Signup and view all the answers

What is the initial event that triggers the process of plaque formation in atherosclerosis?

Endothelial cell injury Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of blood vessels contains concentric layers of smooth muscle cells?

Tunica media Signup and view all the answers

Which type of blood vessels have uniquely thin walls composed of only endothelial cells and basement membrane?

Capillaries Signup and view all the answers

Which blood vessels branch into arterioles and represent the primary site of systemic vascular resistance?

Arteries Signup and view all the answers

Which cells form a barrier that contains blood within the lumen of the vessel and control the passage of solutes and cells?

Endothelial cells Signup and view all the answers

Which substances are secreted by endothelial cells and modulate the contraction of smooth muscle cells in the underlying medial layer?

Both vasodilators and vasoconstrictors Signup and view all the answers

Which blood vessels have much thicker walls compared with veins and can withstand higher pressures?

Arteries Signup and view all the answers

Which blood vessels stretch under pressure and have an abundance of elastic fibers that stretch during systole and return to their original shape during diastole?

Arteries Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of vulnerable plaques?

They can cause rapid expansion of the plaque Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) in atherosclerosis?

They degrade the fibrous cap Signup and view all the answers

What is the fate of a ruptured plaque?

It heals with fibrosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of endothelial cells overlying the plaque?

They synthesize nitric oxide and prostacyclin Signup and view all the answers

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Which blood vessels have the highest pressure and vascular resistance?

What is the primary goal of the pulmonary circulation?

Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium?

During exercise, what happens to cardiac output?

What is the purpose of redistributing blood flow during times of increased activity?

Which blood vessels receive output from the left ventricle and branch into numerous parallel vascular circuits?

Which part of the vascular system carries nutrients from the digestive tract to the tissues?

Which of the following is a characteristic of veins compared to arteries?

Which of the following is true about blood flow velocity and cross-sectional area?

Which of the following is a function of slow blood velocity in capillaries?

What is the most important function of nitric oxide (NO) in the vascular system?

What is a hallmark of endothelial dysfunction that accompanies atherosclerosis?

What is the most common site of atherosclerosis in the arterial system?

What is the initial event that triggers the process of plaque formation in atherosclerosis?

Which layer of blood vessels contains concentric layers of smooth muscle cells?

Which type of blood vessels have uniquely thin walls composed of only endothelial cells and basement membrane?

Which blood vessels branch into arterioles and represent the primary site of systemic vascular resistance?

Which cells form a barrier that contains blood within the lumen of the vessel and control the passage of solutes and cells?

Which substances are secreted by endothelial cells and modulate the contraction of smooth muscle cells in the underlying medial layer?

Which blood vessels have much thicker walls compared with veins and can withstand higher pressures?

Which blood vessels stretch under pressure and have an abundance of elastic fibers that stretch during systole and return to their original shape during diastole?

Which of the following is a characteristic of vulnerable plaques?

What is the role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) in atherosclerosis?

What is the fate of a ruptured plaque?

What is the role of endothelial cells overlying the plaque?

What is the significance of neovascularization in atherosclerosis?

What is the role of inflammatory cytokines in atherosclerosis?

What is the significance of thin cap fibroatheroma in atherosclerosis?

What is the role of nitric oxide and prostacyclin in atherosclerosis?

What imaging technique can be used to detect features of atherosclerosis?

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