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Fundamentals of Human Physiology 4th Edition

Fundamentals of Human Physiology (4th Edition)

Book Edition4th Edition
Author(s)Sherwood
ISBN9780840062253
PublisherCengage
Subjecthealth
Chapter 10, End of Chapter, Objective Questions, Exercise 1
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In general, the parallel arrangement of the vascular system enables each organ to receive its own separate arterial blood supply. (True or false?)

Explanation

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Here is a simple that explains series vs parallel arterial network of microvascular system.

 

Series (Top) - imagine that the blue line is the main blood vessel and R1 to R3 represents 1 organ each. You will see that R2 will receive blood from R1 only therefore series microvascular pathway do not have separate blood supply; as opposed to

 

Parallel (Bottom) - the blue one splits into separate lines. That indicates own blood supply/separate blood supply of each organ.

 

But please keep in mind that human body works in a combined series and parallel networks. Physiologists/Anatomists did only the figure to better understand how hemodynamics work. 

Answer

True

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