PHYSIOLOGY
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
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Question
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Which blood vessel normally has the highest vascular resistance?
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large arteries
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small arteries and arterioles
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capillaries
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veins
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Arterioles have the most increase in resistance and cause the largest decrease in blood pressure.
Detailed explanation-2: -Resistance arteries are usually small arteries or arterioles and include precapillary sphincters. Having thick muscular walls and narrow lumen they contribute the most to the resistance to blood flow.
Detailed explanation-3: -arteries-these carry blood pumped away from the heart; they are the largest and strongest blood vessels.
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