Block 2 Blood Vessels Flashcards
three layers of blood vessels
tunica intima, media, adventitia
working part of organ
parenchyma
capillaries, sinus capillaries, post capillary venules do not have blank
3 tunics
can you see venules and arterioles without microscope
no
adventitia is like blank
ct
media is like blank
smooth muscle
intima is like blank
epithelium
endothelium is super blank so rbc dont stick together
smooth
atherosclerosis is the narrowing of the blank of the blood vessel to become narrower due to blank
lumen, cholesterol buildup
overly sensitive blood vessels that constrict in brain and cause tissue to die
cerebrovascular vasospasm
blood becoming trapped in the tunica media resulting in blank
aneurism
elastic artery has elastic sleeve of tissue located in the blank
tunica media
elastic bv like aorta act as a second blank due to recoil
pump
tunica media of muscular artery has this many layers of smooth muscle
8-40
tunica media of arteriole has this many layers of smooth muscle
1-7