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Card 6

Front

Has a larger lumen so blood flows at a lower speed and pressure

Back

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Card 7

Front

Blood feeds back from the capillaries to

Back

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Card 8

Front

Smallest blood vessel - one cell thick

Back

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Card 9

Front

Capillaries have very thin cell walls to allow for

Back

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Card 10

Front

Blood in this vessel unloads oxygen and picks up carbon dioxide and latic acid (waste products of metabolism)

Back

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Card 11

Front

Thick elastic and muscular walls to allow this vessel to contract and relax sending blood to all parts of the body

Back

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