KROK 1 2018 – Question 107 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
In the process of an experiment, vascular resistance to the blood flow was measured in the different areas of circulatory system. The highest resistance was detected in the:
- A. Venules
- B. Arterioles
- C. Arteries
- D. Veins
- E. Capillaries
Hint
Recall that resistance depends on vessel radius and on how many vessels are connected in parallel at each level of the circulation.
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