The middle layer of the blood vessel wall is the ______.
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tunicia media
Which arteries are also called conducting arteries because they conduct blood away
from the heart to the smaller muscular arteries?
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Elastic arteries
A capillary bed is fed by a ______.
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metarteriole
Which blood vessels become progressively smaller and branch as they extend away
from the heart?
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arteries
The companion vessels to the arterioles are the_______________________
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venules
The narrowing of the blood vessel lumen resulting from sympathetic innervation
causing the contraction of the smooth muscle of tunica media is known as ______.
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vasoconstriction
In a capillary bed, the _______________________capillaries branch from the metarteriole to
form the bulk of the capillary bed.
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tunicia media
Which arteries are also called conducting arteries because they conduct blood away
from the heart to the smaller muscular arteries?
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Elastic arteries
A capillary bed is fed by a ______.
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metarteriole
Which blood vessels become progressively smaller and branch as they extend away
from the heart?
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arteries
The companion vessels to the arterioles are the_______________________
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venules
The narrowing of the blood vessel lumen resulting from sympathetic innervation
causing the contraction of the smooth muscle of tunica media is known as ______.
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vasoconstriction
In a capillary bed, the _______________________capillaries branch from the metarteriole to
form the bulk of the capillary bed.
