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Anatomy of the CVS 2 Flashcards

1
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What is the CVS composed of?

A

Heart

Arteries

Capillaries

Veins

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2
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What does the heart act as?

A

Pump

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3
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What do arteries do?

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Distribute blood away from the heart

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4
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What do veins do?

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Collect and return blood to the heart

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What do capillaries do?

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Exchange nutrients

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6
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What does the structure of a blood vessel consist of?

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Tunica externa

Tunica media

Tunica intima

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7
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What is A?

A

Tunica externa

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What is B?

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Tunica media

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9
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What is C?

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Tunica intima

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10
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What is the structure of the heart wall composed of?

A

Endocardium

Myocardium

Epicardium

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11
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How is the structure of the heart and blood vessels similar?

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The heart is like an expanded, folded muscular blood vessel

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12
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What is the tunica intima composed of?

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Epithelium

Basement membrane

Connective tissue

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13
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What is the tunica media composed of?

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Muscle

Elastic tissue

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14
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What is the tunica externa (adventitia) composed of?

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Fibrous connective tissue

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15
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What are some general differences between arteries and veins?

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Arteries have a smaller diameter

Arteries have a thicker wall

Arteries thick media and thin adventitia

Veins thin media and thick adventitia

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How does the media and adventitia compare in arteries and veins?

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Arteries have thick media and thin adventitia

Veins have thin media and thick adventitia

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17
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What is A?

A

Arteries

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18
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What is B?

A

Vein

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19
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How does the individual diameter compare between arteries, arterioles and capillaries?

A

Arteries > Arterioles > Capillaries

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20
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How does the total cross sectional area compare between arteries, arterioles and capillaries?

A

Arteries < Arterioles < Capillaries

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21
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How does the lumen size compare between:

Aorta
Elastic arteries
Muscular arteries
Arterioles
Capillaries
Venules
Small veins
Medium veins
Large vains

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22
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What are the different types of arteries?

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Elastic (large conducting)

Muscular (distributing)

Arterioles (terminal branches)

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23
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How would you describe elastic arteries?

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Large conducting

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24
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What are examples of elastic arteries?

A

Aorta

Common carotid

Pulmonary

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25
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How would you describe muscular arteries?

A

Distributing arteries

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26
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What are examples of muscular arteries?

A

Coronary arteries

Radial

Femoral

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27
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What do elastic arteries act as?

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Pressure reservoir

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28
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How do elastic arteries function?

A

Stretched during systole

During diastole heart relaxes and pressure falls, artery recoilds therby maintaining pressure on the blood

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29
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What is the recoil and stretch ability of elastic arteries due to?

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Presence of extensive amounts of elastic fibres in tunica media

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30
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What are elastic fibres of elastic arteries secreted by?

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Smooth muscle

31
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Where are the vast amounts of elastic fibres in elastic arteries found?

A

Tunica media

32
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What is present in the histology of elastic arteries?

A

Elastic laminae

33
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What is present in the thick tunica media of muscular arteries?

A

Smooth muscle cells

34
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What is not present in the tunica media of muscular arteries that is present in elastic arteries?

A

Elastic laminae

35
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Where are the elastic fibres in a muscular artery?

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Concentrated in 2 well defined sheets called internal elastic lamina (IEL)

36
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How do arterioles differ from other arteries?

A

No internal elastic lamina

37
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How many layers of smooth muscle is present in the tunica media of arterioles?

A

1-2 layers

38
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What layer is missing from arterioles?

A

Tunica adventitia

39
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What do arterioles control?

A

Blood flow to capillary bed (local)

Blood pressure (systemic)

40
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What do arterioles have a rich innervation of?

A

Sympathetic nerves

41
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What is the function of capillaries?

A

Main exchange site for nutrients and gases

42
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What can you say about the walls of capillaries?

A

1 cell thick

43
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What layers are capillaries missing?

A

No tunica media or tunica adventitia

44
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What helps to direct blood flow in capillaries?

45
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What are pericytes?

A

Incomplete layer of cells surrounding basement membrane which have contractile properties to help control flow of blood in capillaries

46
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How is blood pressure in capillaries low?

A

Sum of diameters of all capillaries in the body is greater than the diameter of the aorta

47
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What are the 3 kinds of capillaries?

48
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How do continuous capillaries control gas exchange?

A

Material must pass through cell or between cells (junctions can control)

Selective transport mechanisms

49
Q

What is present on fenestrated capillaries?

A

Fenestrations (pores)

With or without protein diaphragms

50
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What do protein diaphragms do?

A

Filter molecules by molecular weight and/or charge

51
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Where are fenestrated capillaries found?

A

Endocrine glands

Kidney renal corpuscle

52
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What is unique about discontinuous capillaries?

A

Gap between endothelial cells (and basement membrane) allowing free passage of fluid and cells

53
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Where are discontinuous capillaries found?

A

Liver

Spleen

Bone marrow

54
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What are sinusoids?

A

Large diameter discontinuous capillaries

55
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Where are sinusoids found?

A

Where large amounts of exchange take place

56
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What does the tunica intima of sinusoid capillaries contain?

A

Phagocytic cells

57
Q

Where are sinusoid capillaries found?

A

Liver

Some endocrine glands

58
Q

What can be used to bypass capillary beds?

A

Arteriovenous (AV) shunt

59
Q

Where are AV shunts found?

A

Skin for thermoregulation

60
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Where does blood flow go after the capillary bed?

A

Small venule > small-medium sized vein > large vein

61
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What are the different layers of a vein like?

A

Tunica intima is thin

Internal elastic lamina (IEL) is thin or absent

Tunica media is very thin or absent

Tunica adventitia is collagenous tissue

62
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What are valves?

A

Endothelial projections into the lumen to prevent backflow

63
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What are endothelial projections into the lumen to prevent backflow called?

64
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What are the differences between superficial and deep veins?

A

Superficial veins are thick walled and have no surrounding support

Deep veins are thin walled and surrounding support from deep fascia and muscles

65
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What does the lymphatic system do?

A

Drains tissue fluid lost from blood capillaries

66
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Where does the lymphatic system drain into?

A

Systemic venous system

67
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Where are nodes of the lymphatic system found?

A

Alongside major veins and around origins of major arteries

68
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What directs the flow in the lymphatic system?

69
Q

Are fenestrations present in lymph capillaries?

70
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Describe the structure of lymphatic capillaries?

A

Lined by very thin endothelial

No fenestrations

Absent/rudimentary basal lamina

71
Q

What keeps the lumen of lymph vessels open?

A

Maintained at negative hydrostatic pressure

Anchoring filaments, fine collagenous filaments link endothelial cell to surrounding tissue to keep lumen open

72
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What supplies blood to a blood vessel?

A

Vasa vasorum

73
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Where are the lymphatics of a blood vessel?

A

Tunica adventitia

Cardiovascular LK (41 decks)

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