Blood vessels bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Carries blood away from the heart, branching smaller.

   Item

   Artery

2. Clue

   Microscopic channel that perfuses the tissues.

   Item

   Capillary

3. Clue

   The supplying of blood to a tissue.

   Item

   Perfusion

4. Clue

   Keep venous flow heading one way to the heart.

   Item

   Valves

5. Clue

   Small vessels feeding a large vessel's own wall.

   Item

   Vasa vasorum

6. Clue

   Muscular layer driving vasoconstriction.

   Item

   Tunica media

7. Clue

   Higher reading, from ventricular contraction.

   Item

   Systolic

8. Clue

   Lower reading, from ventricular relaxation.

   Item

   Diastolic

9. Clue

   Systolic minus diastolic, 40 for 120 over 80.

   Item

   Pulse press.

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation