Because of their elasticity, arteries act as a(n) ____ for maintaining blood flow during diastole.
A) cardiac reserve
B) venous reserve
C) arterial capacitance
D) lymphatic reserve
E) pressure reservoir
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Q14: The major function of the arterioles is
Q15: Which is not true about blood pressure?
A)It
Q16: Organs that recondition the blood
A)receive disproportionately large
Q17: In an arteriole, if the blood vessel
Q18: Resistance increases when
A)vessel radius decreases
B)vessel length decreases
C)blood
Q20: At rest, which of the following receives
Q21: Arterioles in which of the following receive
Q22: During exercise, blood flow to the _
Q23: Mean arterial pressure is:
A)diastolic pressure + (systolic/3)
B)systolic
Q24: The pulse pressure is the
A)difference between the
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