1. Blood vessels Learning objectives:
Describe the structure of arteries, veins and capillaries and understand their roles
Ask for own definition. NOTES.

2. 1 mark for arrows in correct direction
MINI TEST
Aorta
Task 1: Complete ‘I heart mini test’
Pulmonary artery
Superior vena cava
Left atrium
Semi lunar valve
Pulmonary
veins
Right atrium
Semi lunar valve
Bicuspid valve
Inferior vena cava
Tricuspid valve
Tendinous cords
Left ventricle
Right ventricle
Apex
1 mark per correct label
1 mark for arrows in correct direction
(Total 17)
Septum

3. MINI TEST Total Marks 17 A* 16-17 A 14-15 B 12-13 C 11 D 9-10 E 7-8
U 6 or less

4. RECAP
Task 2: Watch short video clip to recap on heart structure and introduce to blood vessels.

5. RECAP
The main function of the circulatory system is transport. It is particularly important for the delivery of reactants of respiration, and disposing of the waste products of respiration
The circulatory system consists of:
Heart (pump)
Blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries extend throughout the body)
Blood (transport medium)

6. Blood vessels
Task 3: Can you identify the different types of blood vessels?

7. Blood vessels Arteries (away from heart) Veins (way-in to heart)
Capillaries (location of gas exchange)

8. Blood vessels
Task 4: Match blood vessels with their corresponding structure and function using the worksheet

9. Arteries (away from heart)
They carry blood at high pressure, and have a small lumen to maintain a high pressure.
Also, due to this high pressure the arteries need to have the ability to stretch and ‘recoil’. Muscular wall and elastic fibres allow them to do this.

10. Veins (way-in to heart)
The blood returning from the body is at a much lower pressure than that fired out by the beating heart. So veins do not need to be as strong as arteries and have a much wider lumen and thinner walls.
The other main difference is that veins have valves inside them, to keep the blood flowing in the correct direction.

11. Capillaries Capillaries (tiny – where gas exchange takes place)
Capillaries are made up of a single layer of endothelial cells around a very small lumen.
Molecules can easily move into and out of the capillaries by diffusion. This allows food, gas and waste molecules to be taken to and from every cell in the body.
They are tiny so they can ‘fit’ between cells

12. Summary

13. Blood vessel quiz b

14. Which blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
A arteries
B capillaries
C veins b

15. Which blood vessel group includes the aorta?
A arteries
B capillaries
C veins b

16. Which blood vessels carry blood at the lowest pressure?
A arteries
B capillaries
C veins b

17. Which blood vessels have no elastic fibres, smooth muscle or collagen?
A arteries
B capillaries
C veins b

18. Which blood vessels have semilunar valves?
A arteries
B capillaries
C veins b

19. Veins carry deoxygenated blood.
A True
B False b

20. How do arteries maintain a high pressure...
A nothing - due to a strong heart beat
B they ‘pump’ with muscular walls
C lumen gets bigger the further away
D lumen gets smaller the further away b

21. How thick is the wall of a capillary?
A 1 cell
B 2 cells
C 3 cells
D 4 cells b

22. What makes a capillary good at it’s job?
A small diameter
B thin walls
C form large network
D all of the above b

23. Which of the following statements is not true?
A The valves in the veins are one-way
B Arteries have little elastic fibre in their walls
C Diffusion occurs in capillaries only
D Arteries have valves b

24. Thumbs up or down Learning objectives:
Describe the structure of arteries, veins and capillaries and understand their roles

25. Blood vessel data question
Look at the graph. Describe and Explain what the graph shows.

26. Look at the graph. Describe and Explain what the graph shows.
Total area
DESCRIBE: Low in the arteries, increases in the arterioles to its highest level in the capillaries, then decreases again through the venules to a low level in the veins.
EXPLAIN: greatest in capillaries to increase diffusion efficiency. b
Look at the graph. Describe and Explain what the graph shows.

27. Look at the graph. Describe and Explain what the graph shows.
Velocity
DESCRIBE: highest in the arteries, decreases in the arterioles and falls to a low level in the capillaries, then increases again in the venules and veins.
EXPLAIN: inversely related to surface area which causes friction. So it is greatest in the arteries where blood pressure is greatest and surface area lowest, lowest in the capillaries where there is the largest surface area and so greatest resistance to flow, and greater again in the veins where surface area decreases again, though not as great as in arteries because blood pressure is lower. b
Look at the graph. Describe and Explain what the graph shows.

28. Look at the graph. Describe and Explain what the graph shows.
Blood pressure
DESCRIBE: highest in the arteries, drops rapidly in the arterioles and in the capillaries, and remains low in the venules and veins.
EXPLAIN: arteries are highest because they are first after the heart beat that produces the pressure and get narrower to maintain pressure. As the vessels continue to split into smaller vessels the blood slows down due to friction (pressure is rapidly reduced). Veins have large lumen so blood continues at a low pressure. b
Look at the graph. Describe and Explain what the graph shows.