Blood Vessels 2m/h tto

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Previous Lesson

Heart Disease 

Due to atherosclerosis = build up of fat and cells in bloodvessels to the heart:

This Lesson:

Types of blood vessels?

Differences between blood vessels = form and function! 

Key to this lesson: 

Function & form!

Learning Goals

1.  To learn the function of 3 different types of blood vessesl.

2. To understand how the form of the blood vessels is linked to their different functions

Where does blood flow to rich in oxygen. Choose best answer

1. To the brain
2. To the muscles
3. To the heart, brain and kidneys
4. To all the organs in the body.

Blood vessels under the microscope:

Why are the capillaries so thin?
Choose the best answer

1. To allow nutrients to pass into to the tissues
2. To allow waste products to move in and out
3. To allow waste products and nutrients to move in and out.
4. To keep the blood pressure up

Animation

When your heart beats it pushed the blood through your arteries under pressure. 

Animation link

What do you think would happen if the valves in your veins did not work properly?

To work!

Google Classroom document:

Blood Vessel Table

Copy into notebooks and an complete with the descriptions.