BIOL 143 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Blood Pressure, Mean Arterial Pressure, Blood Vessel

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Answers to study guide questions: blood vessels and circulation. Fact-based questions: the wall of an artery has three layers: Tunica externa: the outermost layer which is composed of connective tissue; contains blood vessels and nerves in larger arteries. Tunica media: the middle layer which is composed of smooth muscle. Tunica intima: the innermost layer that lines the entire circulatory system; made up of a single layer of endothelial cells. The wall of a capillary is only a single cell layer thick; composed only of endothelial cells: the capillary bed is a network of capillaries serving a given area. Leading into the capillary bed is the metarteriole, which gives rise to true capillaries and to a thoroughfare channel that connects the metarteriole to the venule at the end of the capillary bed. Diastolic blood pressure: the pressure measured in the arteries as the blood moves through them during cardiac diastole.

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