ILAs

Question 1

Layers of normal arterial wall

Answer 1

Tunica intima, media and adventitia

Question 2

Elastic arteries

Answer 2

Closer to the heart and have more elastin in tunica media to withstand pressure and exert elastic recoil

Question 3

Muscular arteries

Answer 3

Further away from heart, have more muscle in tunica media to be able to vasoconstrict and vasodilate

Question 4

Arterioles

Answer 4

Have less than 3 smooth muscle layers in tunica media

Question 5

Site of maximum TPR (total peripheral resistance)

Answer 5

Arterioles