The following are labeled in the diagram:
- Artery:
- Connective tissue with the text “helps vessels especially arteries, expand under pressure and connects them to surrounding tissue.”
- Smooth muscle with the text, “regulates the diameter of arteries; only a thin layer present in veins.”
- Arteriole with the text, “very small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries.”
- Endothelium
- Capillary: An enlarged image of capillary is shown and endothelium is labeled.
- Vein:
- Venule with the text, “very small vessels that form when capillaries unite; venules unite and form veins.”
- Connective tissue
- Smooth muscle
- Endothelium with the text, “lines the walls of all blood vessels.”