4.1 Healthy Blood Vessels

Vascular health depends on complex intercellular communications that ensure the maintenance of healthy, quiescent blood vessels.

Quiz Module 4.1

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1. Vessels are covered by a ‘wrapping’ called:

a. The Basement Membrane

b. The Extracellular Matrix

c. Junctional Adhesion Molecule

d. Vascular Endothelial Cells

2. Endothelial cells’ quiescence is protected by the autocrine action of maintenance signals such as:

a. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

b. NOTCH

c. Angiopoietin-1

d. Fibroblast growth factors

e. All of the above