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Blood Vessel Tunics All vessels except capillaries have three layers,
or tunics Capillaries have a single layer of epithelial cells
Comparison of blood vesselsWhat are the differences?
How do they relate to function?
Veins also have valves and are flexible
How does blood return to the heart?
Muscular pump Respiratory pump
Describe the action of these pumps in 1-2 sentences
Capillary Bed What is the
difference between the vascular shunt and true capillaries?
What is the
function of precapillary sphincters?
Closure
Explain the statement:
“All other blood vessels exist to service the capillaries”
How does what we did today relate to our unit question?