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Arteries
Small blood vessels that carry blood away from
the heart
Arterioles
Smaller vessels that connect the arteries and
capillaries
Capillaries
Small tubes that link arterioles and venules
Venules
Very small, thin-walled vessels that empty into
the veins
Veins
Blood vessels that carry blood from the tissues
to the heart
Platelets
Responsible for
forming clots
A blood clot forms
depending on
blood stasis,
changes in the
vessel walls, and
the bodys ability to
clot.
Plasma
Presentation Prepared by: Randy G. Tabaog, LPT
AMA Computer College Santiago Campus
External Bleeding
Hemorrhage means
bleeding.
Examples include nosebleeds
and bleeding from open
wounds.
Precautions
(contd):
Never cover a
tourniquet with a
bandage.
Do not loosen the
tourniquet after you
have applied it.