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The _____ contains the vasa vasorum (“vessels of vessels”) which supply the walls of large blood vessels themselves.

Peripheral resistance __________.

Velocity of blood is fastest in the _____ and slowest in the _____.

When two species contain identical or nearly identical molecules such as proteins, this suggests

_____ autoregulation in the systemic circuit causes vasodilation of arterioles and relaxation of precapillary sphincters in response to declining tissue oxygen and build-up of waste from active tissues.

Which of the following lymphoid organs cleanses the blood of aged red blood cells and platelets?

Cardiac output can be calculated as _____.

During the pacemaker potential phase of the action potential of a pacemaker (autorhythmic) cell, _____ channels are open and the cell membrane continuously depolarizes.

Blood flow to the skin __________.

Hemorrhage resulting in a large loss of blood volume causes __________.