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Blood Flashcards

1
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form a closed vascular system that
transports blood to the tissues and back to the
heart

A

Blood Vessels

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2
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Vessels that carry blood away from the heart

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Arteries and arterioles

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3
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Vessels that play a role in exchanges between tissues

and blood

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Capillary beds

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4
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Vessels that return blood toward the heart

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Venules and veins

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5
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▪ Three layers (tunics) in blood vessels

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Tunica intima
Tunica media
Tunica externa

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6
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forms a friction-reducing lining

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Tunica intima

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7
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Smooth muscle and elastic tissue

Controlled by sympathetic nervous system

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Tunica media

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8
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forms protective outermost covering

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Tunica externa

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9
Q

have a heavier, stronger, stretchier tunica

media than veins to withstand changes in pressure

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Arteries

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10
Q

have a thinner tunica media than arteries and

operate under low pressure

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Veins

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11
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is larger than that of arteries

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Lumen of veins

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12
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  • Only one cell layer thick (tunica intima)

- Allow for exchanges between blood and tissue

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Capillaries

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13
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Blood flow through a capillary bed

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microcirculation

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14
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  • Branch off a terminal arteriole
  • Empty directly into a postcapillary venule
  • Entrances to capillary beds are guarded by precapillary
    sphincters
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True capillaries

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15
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  • Largest artery in the body

- Leaves from the left ventricle of the heart

A

Aorta

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16
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—leaves the left ventricle

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Ascending aorta

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17
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—arches to the left

A

Aortic Arch

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18
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—travels downward through the thorax

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Thoracic Aorta

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19
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—passes through the diaphragm into the

abdominopelvic cavity

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Abdominal Aorta

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20
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Right and left coronary arteries serve the heart

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Arterial branches of the ascending aorta

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21
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Brachiocephalic trunk splits into the

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▪ Right common carotid artery

▪ Right subclavian artery

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22
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Left common carotid artery splits into the

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▪ Left internal and external carotid arteries

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23
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Left subclavian artery branches into the

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Vertebral artery

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24
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Other branches of the thoracic aorta (not illustrated)

supply the

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▪ Lungs (bronchial arteries)
▪ Esophagus (esophageal arteries)
▪ Diaphragm (phrenic arteries)

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25
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is the first branch of the abdominal aorta

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Celiac trunk

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26
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Celiac trunk is the first branch of the abdominal aorta.

Three branches are

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  1. Left gastric artery (stomach)
  2. Splenic artery (spleen)
  3. Common hepatic artery (liver)
27
Q

supplies most of the small

intestine and first half of the large intestine

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Superior mesenteric artery

28
Q

serve muscles of the abdomen and

trunk

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Lumbar arteries

29
Q

in females serve the ovaries

A

Ovarian arteries

30
Q

in males serve the testes

A

Testicular arteries

31
Q

the second half of the

large intestine

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▪ Inferior mesenteric artery

32
Q

the final

branches of the aorta

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Left and Right common iliac arteries

33
Q

drains the head and arms

A

Superior vena cava

34
Q

drains the lower body

A

Inferior vena cava

35
Q

drains the lateral aspect of the arm and

empties into the axillary vein

A

Cepalic vein

36
Q

drains the medial aspect of the arm and

empties into the brachial vein

A

Basilic Vein

37
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are joined at the median
cubital vein (elbow area)
A

Basilic and Cephalic Veins

38
Q

drains the posterior part of the head

A

Vertebral vein

39
Q

vein drains the dural sinuses of the brain

A

Internal Jugular

40
Q

Left and right brachiocephalic veins receive venous

blood from the

A

▪ Subclavian veins
▪ Vertebral veins
▪ Internal jugular veins

41
Q

drains the thorax

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Azygos vein

42
Q

drain

the legs

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Anterior and posterior tibial veins and fibial veins

43
Q

(longest veins of the body)

A

▪ Great saphenous veins

44
Q

drains the right ovary in females and

right testicle in males

A

Right gonadal vein

45
Q

empties into the left renal vein

A

Left gonadal vein

46
Q

drain the kidneys

A

Left and right renal veins

47
Q

drains the digestive organs and
travels through the liver before it enters systemic
circulation

A

Hepatic portal vein

48
Q

drain the liver

A

Left and right hepatic veins

49
Q

Internal carotid arteries divide into

A

Anterior and middle cerebral arteries

50
Q

serves the brain stem and cerebellum

A

Basilar artery

51
Q

form from the division of the

basilar artery

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Posterior cerebral arteries

52
Q

These arteries supply the posterior cerebrum

A

Posterior cerebral arteries

53
Q

united by

small communicating arterial branches

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Anterior and posterior blood supplies

54
Q

—complete circle of connecting blood vessels

A

cerebral arterial circle, or circle of Willis

55
Q

formed by veins
draining the digestive organs, which empty into
the hepatic portal vein

A

Hepatic portal circulation

56
Q

the hepatic portal vein

A

▪ Digestive organs
▪ Spleen
▪ Pancreas

57
Q

Measurements of arterial pulse, blood pressure,

respiratory rate, and body temperature

A

Vital signs

58
Q

Alternate expansion and recoil of a blood vessel wall

(the pressure wave) that occurs as the heart beats

A

Arterial pulse

59
Q

Pulse averages in a

healthy person

A

70 to 76 beats per minute at rest

60
Q

▪ The pressure the blood exerts against the inner walls
of the blood vessels
▪ The force that causes blood to continue to flow in the
blood vessels

A

Blood pressure

61
Q

Two arterial blood pressures are measured

A

Systolic

Diastolic

62
Q

pressure in the arteries at the peak of

ventricular contraction

A

Systolic

63
Q

pressure when ventricles relax

A

Diastolic

64
Q

is an indirect method of
measuring systemic arterial blood pressure, most often
in the brachial artery

A

Auscultatory method

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