Arteries Flashcards
Carry blood AWAY from the ventricles of the heart.
Arteries
Are the final branches of the arteries and are present in all tissues supplied with blood.
ARTERIOLES
Are very minute hair-like vessels form networks between the small arterioles and the venules.
CAPILLARIES
Are the smallest veins and it corresponds to the arterioles. They are formed by the union of the capillary vessels.
VENULES
Form the two collecting systems and bring blood back to the heart.
VEINS
– veins that lie close to the skin.
- Superficial veins
– veins that lie at a deeper level and usually accompany an artery.
- Deep Veins
– is the second collecting system and its function is draining off tissue fluids and products of cell activity.
Lymph Vascular or Lymphatic System
– is the name given to the fluid circulating in the lymphatic vessels which is colorless except when fat is being absorbed.
LYMPH
– form a close network of very thin walled vessels like the blood capillaries.
Lymph Capillaries
– are tubes formed by the union of the Lymph capillaries.
Lymph Vessels
– are small oval bodies ranging in size. They are distributed along the course of the lymph vessels sometimes single but usually in groups or in chains.
Lymph Nodes/Glands
– is a large lymph trunk which begins in the upper abdomen by the union of lymph vessels. They passes the aortic opening in the diaphragm into the thorax.
- Thoracic Duct
– is formed by the union of the lymph vessels of the thorax, the (R) jugular and subclavian lymph trunk.
- (R) Lymph Duct
They act as filters of the blood and store lipids and iron.
– includes the Bone Marrow, Lymph Nodes, Spleen and Liver which have a [. ] cells that takes up foreign material, dead bacteria, dead cells, dyes, etc.
Reticulo-Endothelial Structures
