-Lesson 4 - Types of Blood vessels

-_ Blood vessels of the body.

Starter
How is clean water
supplied to your
home?
How is it distributed
within your home?
How is the used water
removed from your
home?
Where does this water
go?
How can you relate
water supply in your
homesto blood supply
in your body?
Clean water = oxygenated
blood
Used water = deoxygenated
blood
Pipes = blood vessels
Water pipes = arteries
Sewage pipes = veins
Connecting pipes within the
house = capillaries

Lesson 4 Objectives:
Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and
capillaries.
associate their structures to their functions.
Identify the major blood vessels of the body.

What are blood vessels?

passageways through which blood is
distributed from heart to all parts of body
and back to heart


Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
Blood vessels

Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
Arteries - carry blood away from heart
Arterioles - small arteries that deliver
blood to capillaries
Capillaries thin walled vessels allow for
exchange between blood and tissue cells
Venules - collect and drain blood into
veins
Veins - return blood to heart
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Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
Observe the images of the blood vessels and list atleast 2 characteristics for each of
them.

Arteries
Carry blood away from the heart
Carries blood at high pressure
Carry oxygenated blood (except for the pulmonary
artery)
Thick muscular walls 3 layers
Thin tough outer layer
Thick elastic and muscular middle layer
Thin inner layer of cells
Small lumen
Do have a pulse
No valves



Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
How are these
structural features
related to the
function of
arteries?
Arteries
Carries blood at high pressure so that it reaches
every cell in the body
Thick muscular walls to withstand the high
pressure of flow of blood & control blood supply
to the organs
Elastic walls to allow stretch and recoil
Small lumen to help maintain pressure for flow
Do have a pulse corresponding to the contraction
and relaxation of the ventricles
No valves - pressure of flow does not permit
backflow



Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
associate their structures to their functions.
Veins
Carry blood toward the heart
Carry blood at Low pressure
Carry deoxygenated blood (except for the pulmonary
vein)
Thinner more flexible walls 3 layers
Thick tough outer layer
Muscular middle layer
Thin inner layer of cells
Large lumen
Does not have a pulse
Valves present


Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
Veins
Carry blood toward the heart
Carry blood at Low pressure no pump to return
blood to the heart
Carry deoxygenated blood (except for the pulmonary
vein) oxygen diffused to the tissues
Thinner more flexible walls due to low pressure
Large lumen - no resistance to return of blood to
the heart
Does not have a pulse no pump to push it
Valves present to prevent backflow since blood is
returning to the heart


Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
Capillaries
Penetrate all tissues
Very narrow only one cell wide
One cell thick walls allows transport of oxygen and
nutrient into body cells and wastes out of cells

Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.

Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
Blood pressure in blood vessels
Arteries Veins
Transport blood away from the heart;
Transport blood towards the heart;
Carry Oxygenated Blood
(except in the case of the Pulmonary Artery);

Carry De-oxygenated Blood
(except in the case of the Pulmonary Vein);
Have relatively narrow lumens (see diagram above); Have relatively wide lumens (see diagram above);
Have relatively more muscle/elastic tissue; Have relatively less muscle/elastic tissue
Transports blood under higher pressure (than veins);

Transports blood under lower pressure (than arteries);


Do not have valves (except for the semi-lunar valves of
the pulmonary artery and the aorta).

Have valves throughout the main veins of the body.
These are to prevent blood flowing in the wrong
direction, as this could (in theory) return waste
materials to the tissues

Students shall be able to
describe the structures of arteries , veins and capillaries.
associate their structures to their functions.

Students shall be able to
outline the blood vessels of the body