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Exercise1:

A. Consider the adjacent document showing 2 phases of the cardiac cycle:


1. Identify these 2 phases. Justify your answer.
2. Label the structures in the two figures.
3. Name the missing phase.

B. The following table shows the diameter and the speed of blood in three kinds
of blood vessels: Artery, vein and capillary.
Blood vessel Diameter of blood vessel (mm) Speed of blood (cm/ s)
Artery 8 30
Vein 2 15
Capillary 0.006 0.1
1. Compare the diameter of an artery to that of a vein.
2. Compare the speed of blood in an artery to that in a vein. 
3. Conclude the relationship between the diameter of the blood vessel
and the speed of blood. 
4. "Capillaries are the suitable structures for exchange between blood
and cells." Justify this statement.

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