NUR 329 Exam 3

arteries - function of _________ is to supply oxygen and essential nutrients to tissues list of arteries - temporal, carotid, brachial, ulnar, radial, femoral, popliteal, anterior tibial, dorsalis pedis, posterior tibial, plantar peripheral arterial disease - affects noncoronary vessels and refers to arteries affecting the limbs veins - the body has more _______, and they lie closer to skin surface veins - function of _____ is to drain deoxygenated blood and its waste products from tissues and return it to heart low pressure, skeletal muscles, intraluminal, calf pump - venous flow is a _____ _____ system. body keeps blood moving by: contracting ________ __________, pressure gradient caused by breathing and ___________ valves. in the legs, this mechanism is called the _____ _____ or peripheral heart varicose - ______ veins create incompetent valves leading to increased venous pressure, which further dilates the vein lymphatic system - the ___________ _________ retrieves fluid and plasma proteins from the interstitial spaces and returns it to the bloodstream