Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Circulatory/Vascular System
- blood (heart and vessels)
- arteries
- arterioles
- capillaries
- very small, thin willed; exchange takes place here
- control distribution of blood through the body. when
they contract in one spot = less blood there and
more somewhere else
- take blood away from the heart
- lymph vessels
- remove excess extracellular fluid