arteries

• function of arteries

  • Arteries carry blood away from the heart +
  • Pulmonary arteries transport deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle the lungs +
  • systematic arteries take oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body

  
• 3 types of arteries

  • Elastic arteries +
  • muscular arteries +
  • arterioles

  
• parts of the aorta

  • ascending aorta +
  • aortic arch +
  • descending thoracic aorta +
  • abdominal aorta +

  
• definition of highblood pressure 


  A condition where the blood vessels have persistently raised blood pressure
• the 2 branches of the abdominal aorta

  single and paired