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Blood Vessels
Blood Vessels
• Blood travels throughout the body in a series of blood vessels; Arteries, Capillaries, and Veins that each perform a specific function.
Capillaries
Capillaries
Capillaries Capillaries
ArteryArtery
VeinVein
Arteries – Pipelines from the Heart• Carry blood away from the heart.• Main transporters of oxygenated blood.• Have very thick walls of stiff connective tissue
and smooth muscle.– Because of the pressure the heart needs to beat
and send blood throughout the body.– Very elastic allowing them to expand.
Arteries
Capillaries – Unseen Pipelines• The smallest blood vessels• Connect arteries and veins.• Only one cell thick – “Swiss Cheese”– Site of exchange between blood and cells.• Diffusion of oxygen and nutrients into the cells.• Diffusion of carbon dioxide and wastes away from the
cells.
Capillaries
Veins – Pipelines to the Heart
• Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.– High in carbon dioxide and waste products.
• Thin walls of connective tissue and smooth muscle.
• Contain one-way valves to keep blood from flowing backward.– Contractions of skeletal muscles move the blood
inside the veins.
Veins
vein
vein
Blood Pressure
• Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. – The force is strongest when your heart contracts
and weakest when your heart relaxes. • Two locations you can feel your pulse at:– Your neck– Your wrist
Blood Pressure
• Blood pressure is read as two numbers:– Systolic pressure – the pressure on the artery
when the ventricles contract.– Diastolic pressure – Pressure on the artery when
the ventricles relax.• Normal blood pressure would be 120 over 80.
Systemic Blood Pressure Readings
Chart Questions:
• Where is the blood pressure reading the strongest?
• Is this person’s blood pressure normal? – What’s the systolic reading?– What’s the diastolic reading?
• Where is the blood pressure the weakest?
Arteries
12080
Veins
Yes