Blood flow Flashcards
Hyperemia
Increased flow can be physiologic or pathologic
Congestion
Decreased flow blood still in the vessel passive accumulation that can be generalized or localized
Physiologic hyperemia
-heat loss in skin
-Increased GI flow after meal
Pathologic hyperemia
-Inflammation
Morphology of hyperemia
Bright red and warm
Histologic morphology of hyperemia
Blood vessel looks engorged
Causes of localized congestion
-Venous thrombi can cause total venous obstruction
-External pressure can occur form inflammation or neoplastic masses, organ displacement or localized fibrosis
Causes of generalized congestion
Right or left sided heart failure. Once one side fails the other side will soon follow
Morphology of congestion
Vessels dark red and engorged
Pulmonary congestion
Edema concurrent due to increased hydrostatic pressure. See RBC pop out and the macrophages eat the RBC and they are left with the iron (heart failure cells)
Hepatic congestion
Centrilobular sinusoids are initially affected. Have a nutmeg appearance
Significance of congestion
-Hypoxia and ischemia
-Often get edema
-Tissues cool because it is stagnant
Ischemia
WHen perfusion becomes inadequate to meet metabolic needs of the tissue
Tissue perfusion
Have adequate flow in tissues based on their need
Causes of ischemia
-Arterial lumenal blockage
-Prolonged arteriolar vasoconstriction
-Venous intralumenal occlusion or external pressure
-Capillary intralumenal occlulsion or external pressure
What dictates severity of ischemia
-Vascular anatomy (collateral circulation)
-Extent of decreased perfusion
-Rate of decreased perfusion (rapid more damaging than slow)
-Tissue type (brain and heart)
Outcome of ischemia
-return to normal (usually after brief)
-Reperfusion injury (from prolonged)