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Chapter 13: Blood Vessels and Circulation


Chapter Objectives

Chapter 13: Blood Vessels and Circulation

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

  1. Describe the structure and function of arteries, capillaries, and veins.

  2. Describe the changes that occur in arteries as they age.

  3. Describe the pulmonary part of the circulatory system.

  4. List the major arteries that supply each of the major body areas and describe their functions.

  5. List the major veins that carry blood from each of the major body areas and describe their functions.

  6. Describe how blood pressure can be measured.

  7. Explain how blood pressure and resistance to flow change as blood flows through the blood vessels.

  8. Describe the exchange of material across the capillary wall.

  9. Explain how local control mechanisms and nervous control regulate blood flow.

  10. Describe the short-term and long-term mechanisms that regulate arterial pressure.

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