Biology
Given alongside are diagrams of a certain category of blood vessels showing the role of a special structure in their walls. Study the figure and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Name the kind of blood vessels shown in the figure. What are its branches termed as ?
(b) Name the structure shown inside the blood vessels. Write its important role.
(c) What kind of blood flows through these blood vessels normally? Name the blood vessel which carries blood from the heart to the lungs.
(d) Name a similar kind of blood vessel which is related to the liver and kidney.
(e) Draw a neat and labelled diagram of the transverse section of the blood vessel shown above showing the three layers of its wall and lumen.
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Answer
(a) The kind of blood vessels shown in the figure is vein. Its branches are termed as venule.
(b) The structure shown inside the blood vessels are valve. Its role is to prevent the backflow of blood.
(c) Deoxygenated blood flows through these blood vessels normally. The blood vessel which carries blood from the heart to the lungs is the pulmonary artery.
(d) Hepatic vein and renal vein are related to Liver and Kidney respectively.
(e) Below diagram shows the transverse section of a vein with the three layers of its wall and lumen labelled:
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(d) What type of blood flows through the parts marked '1' and '2' respectively?
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(a) Name the cell labelled 1.
(b) Identify the phenomenon occurring in A.
(c) Mention two structural differences between 1 and 2.
(d) Name the process occurring in B and C and state the importance of this process in the human body.
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(a) Label the guidelines shown as 1 to 6 in the figure.
(b) Write the important role of parts 5 and 6.
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(d) Write one structural and one functional difference between the blood vessels 4 and 5.
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