Anatomy of CVS 2 Flashcards
3 tunics of blood vessels
Tunica intima
Tunica media
Tunica externa/adventitia
Structure of heart wall
Endocardium
Myocardiium
Epicardium
Do arteries or veins have smaller diameters
Arteries do, because of the thicker T. media
Arteries have a ___ T. media and ____ T adventia
Thick and thin
Veins have a ____ T. media and a ____ T. adventia
Thin and thick
Types of arteries
Elastic
Muscular
Arterioles
Where are elastic arteries found
Aorta, common carotid and pulmonary
What happens to the aorta during systole
it is stretched
What happens to the aorta during diatsole
The heart relaxes and the artery recoils and maintains the pressure on the blood
Why is the aorta able to recoil and stretch
Presence of extensive amounts of elastic fibres i T. media in the form of layers
What secretes the elastic fibres
smooth muscle cells
Where are muscular arteries found
Coronary arteries, radial and femoral
What is the function of muscular arteries
Controls distribution of blood to regions
Is there an elastic fibres between muscle cells in T. media
No
Where are elastic fibres found in muscular arteries
Concentrated in 2 well defined sheets called internal and external elastic laminae
Internal elastic laminae
Under epithelium
External elastic laminae
between T. media and T. adventitia
Do arterioles have any IEL
No
How many layers of smooth muscle is in the T. media of arterioles
1-2
Do arterioles have T.adventia
No
What is the innervation for arterioles
Sympathetic nerve innervation