Exercise D
Exercise D
Exercise D
2. Mention the serial kinds of blood vessels that conduct blood away from the heart and
that conduct blood back to the heart.
3. Mention an example of large artery. Why does the large artery named also the elastic
artery? Explain it in relation with its structure and function.
4. Explain the general differences of histological structure between the artery and the vein.
5. What is the vasa vasorum? What is the kind of blood vessel containing greater
abundance of vasa vasorum? Why?
6. Explain the differences histological structure and function between blood capillary and
lymph capillary.
8. Explain the function and the formation place of each white blood cell.
10. In the passages to the heart, the lymph must be passed through the lymph nodes.
Explain the importance of this phenomenon.