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Microcirculation and Arterioles Quiz

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What is the function of precapillary sphincters?

Act as precapillary valves

Control blood flow into the metarterioles

Facilitate exchange of gases in the capillary bed

Regulate blood flow into the true capillaries (correct)

What is the structure that lacks smooth muscle cells and merges with the postcapillary venule?

Arteriole

Thoroughfare channel (correct)

Capillary bed

Metarteriole

What type of vessels lack smooth muscle cells but may have pericytes present?

Arterioles

True capillaries (correct)

Venules

Metarterioles

What are the smaller branches formed by arterioles supplying a capillary bed?

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What is the network of anastomosing capillaries between an arteriole and a venule called?

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Microcirculation and Arterioles Quiz

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Questions and Answers

What is the function of precapillary sphincters?

What is the structure that lacks smooth muscle cells and merges with the postcapillary venule?

What type of vessels lack smooth muscle cells but may have pericytes present?

What are the smaller branches formed by arterioles supplying a capillary bed?

What is the network of anastomosing capillaries between an arteriole and a venule called?

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