Blood vessels 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyBiological moleculesASEdexcel Created by: amyyeldhamCreated on: 03-12-14 11:03 1073254169 Across 1. Helps maintain high pressure in the arteries (5, 5) 5. Thick elastic and muscular walls to allow this vessel to contract and relax sending blood to all parts of the body (6) 6. What stops the blood from flowing backwards and prevents pooling - mostly in the legs (6) 9. What delivers blood to the capillaries (10) 10. Blood in this vessel unloads oxygen and picks up carbon dioxide and latic acid (waste products of metabolism) (11) Down 2. Smallest blood vessel - one cell thick (11) 3. Blood feeds back from the capillaries to (7) 4. Has a larger lumen so blood flows at a lower speed and pressure (5) 6. Has valves (5) 7. Do not have valves (8)
Explain the course of events that leads to atherosclerosis (endothelial damage, inflammatory response, plaque formation, raised blood pressure). (Activity 1.8) 0.0 / 5
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