Match the following:

A) Large veins
B) Arterioles
C) Large arteries
D) Capillaries

1) Site where resistance to blood flow is greatest.
2) Site where exchanges of food and gases are made.
3) Site where blood pressure is lowest.
4) Site where the velocity of blood flow is fastest.
5) Site where the velocity of blood flow is slowest.
6) Site where the blood volume is greatest.
7) Site where the blood pressure is greatest.
8) Site that is the major determinant of peripheral resistance.


1) B) Arterioles
2) D) Capillaries
3) A) Large veins
4) C) Large arteries
5) D) Capillaries
6) A) Large veins
7) C) Large arteries
8) B) Arterioles

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