Which type of blood vessel is described as strong, elastic, and adapted for carrying blood away from the heart under high pressure?

Which artery arises from the aortic arch?

Which circuit carries blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart?

What effect does an increase in afterload have on cardiac output?

Which artery is a principal branch of the ascending aorta?

Physiologic dead space is equal to what?

The nasopharynx is posterior to which structure?

What condition occurs when the right ventricle cannot pump blood out as rapidly as it enters?

What structure primarily regulates blood flow through a capillary?

How many pulmonary veins carry oxygen-rich blood back to the left atrium?