GCSE Biology – Blood vessels

Last updated: 19/07/2020
GCSE Science CIE – Combined science extended Transport GCSE Biology – Blood vessels

Learning Objectives

-I can describe and explain the structures of different types of blood vessels

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  1. What do veins do?

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  2. Why do veins have valves?

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  3. What do capillaries do?

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  4. How large is the lumen (volume) of a capillary?

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  5. Why do capillaries have thin walls?

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  6. What do arteries do?

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  7. Why do arteries have muscular walls?

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  8. What vessels are connected to the left side of the heart?

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  9. What vessels are connected to the right side of the heart?

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  10. Which vessel transports blood at high pressure?

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  11. Which vessel transports blood at low pressure?

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  12. Which vessel transports blood at extremely low pressure?

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  13. Which blood vessels have valves?

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  14. What is the pulmonary vein?

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  15. What is the pulmonary artery?

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  16. Where does the pulmonary vein enter the heart?

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  17. What is the vena cava?

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  18. What is the aorta?

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