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- largest diameter arteries
- conduct oxygenated blood from heart |
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| muscular artery functions |
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| - distributing arteries take blood to arms/legs/internal organs |
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- regulating vessels determine how much blood enters capillaries
- resistance vessels influence blood pressure |
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| - exchange of gases and proteins btwn blood and surrounding cells |
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| post-capillary venule function |
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| - allow leukocytes to leave blood vessels and enter CT |
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- capacitance/reservoir vessels return deoxygenated blood from tissue to heart
- have valves in extremities to prevent backflow |
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