Types of arteries and veins. There are two types of arteries in the body: Pulmonary and systemic. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart, to the lungs, for purification while the systemic arteries form a network of arteries that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to other parts of the body.
Eating food within 9 to 12 hours before the test will not affect the HDL or total cholesterol test results, but it may affect the test results for triglycerides and LDL. If you need to take medicines, you may take them with a small amount of water on the morning of your test.
For a complete physical, there is usually bloodwork done. When you eat something, or drink something besides water, this affects the chemistry of your blood. Therefore, the physician will want to get a pure sample of your blood to examine. If you eat something with a lot of sugar, for example, your blood will show high sugar concentration and the physician will diagnose accordingly. Answer If you have eat or drink before the physical exam, your blood pressure will increase so that you can not perform well in physical exam.