After travelling from the aorta, blood travels through peripheral arteries into smaller arteries called arterioles, and eventually to capillaries. Arterioles help in regulating blood pressure by the variable contraction of the smooth muscle of their walls, and deliver blood to the capillaries.
John Goodman tells David Letterman he once weighed '400 pounds' before dramatic weight loss. John Goodman talked to David Letterman Wednesday night about his dramatic weight loss. He said he once weighed approximately 400 lbs. John Goodman may look good now, but he once tipped the scales at 400 pounds. The actor appeared on David Letterman's Late Show Wednesday night and showed off his new svelte physique to the impressed host. When asked about his all-time high weight, Goodman said, Plenty ... pushing 400 ...
In May 2011, California celebrated the arrival of another large infant, Matthew Anthony Maldanado, who weighed 14 pounds, 3.8 ounces when he was born in Salinas, Calif. However both Matthew and Andrew pale in comparison to the world's heaviest baby. Born to mother Anna Bates in 1879, that infant reportedly weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces at birth, according to Guinness World Records. Sadly, the child died 11 hours later. Correction: A previous version of this story indicated that Andrew Jacob Cervantez was the biggest baby in the nation.