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tunica intima

  • components
  • special in artery
  • functions
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endothelium, basement membrane, subendothelial loose CT

  • arteries have internal elastic lamina bordering media (fenestrated layer of elastin)
  • forms permeable/semi-permeable barrier
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tunica media

  • components
  • what makes ECM
  • what do larger vessels have?
  • what replaces it in capillaries and venules?
  • functions
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smooth muscle, variable elastic fibers and lamellae, reticular fibers, proteoglycans

  • ECM made from smooth muscle cell
  • larger vessels have external elastic lamina
  • pericytes replace media
  • controls diameter, BP, movement
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tunica adventitia

  • components
  • what do larger vessels have?
  • functions
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fibroblasts, longitudinal collagen, elastic fibers

  • larger vessels have vasa vasorum (vessels of vessels to supply with O2)
  • -more extensive in veins b/c low nutrient and O2 content of venous blood
  • provides physical support, attaches vessels to tissue, and carries vessels and nerves
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endocardium

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homologous to intima; lining atria and ventricles

-made of endothelium and subendothelium layer of CT

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myocardium

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homologous to media; thickest layer of the heart wall

-made of cardiac muscle thicker in ventricles than atria

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epicardium

-components

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homologous to adventitia; forms surface of heart and anatomicalloy defined as visceral layer of pericardium
-made of mesothelium and subepicardial layer of loose CT that has nerves, adipose, and coronary blood vessels

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large, elastic, conducting arteries location and functions

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aorta and main branches, common carotid, brachiocephalic, subclavian, and pulmonary arteries are elastic arteries

  • systole distends the elastic arteries, recoil and contract during diastole
  • -produces more uniform flow
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intima of elastic arteries

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150 microns thick in adults (1/6 thick)

  • scattered smooth muscles in subendothelial layer
  • endothelial cells have Weibel-Palade bodies (membrane-bound inclusions) with dense matrix with von Willebrand factor
  • endothelial cells are elongate polycons w/ long axes oriented w/ long axes oriented w/ blood flow and cells are connected by occluding junctions
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media for elastic arteries

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2 mm thick, made of 40-70 layers of fenestrated elastic lamellae with smooth muscle between
-thin external elastic lamina and vasa vasorum of adventitia penetrates outer third to half of it

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adventitia of elastic arteries

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relatively thin layer with nerve fibers, lymphatics, and vasa vasorum in loose CT

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mixed musculo-elastic arteries location and functions

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forms parts of terminal abdominal aorta, the iliac arteries, external carotids, axillary arteries, etc.
-these are transitional segments between large and medium arteries

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histology of mixed musculo-elastic arteries

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tunica media and adventitia are the same thickness

-media has fewer elastic lamellae, and more obvious internal elastic membrane

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location and functions of medium muscular, distributing arteries

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most named arteries (coronary, renal, etc.)

-distribute blood to tissues and organs regulated by ANS control of media

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intima of medium, muscular distributing arteries

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thin and has prominent internal elastic lamina that undulates

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media of medium, muscular distributing arteries

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relatively thick and made of many concentric layers of smooth muscle bound in larger muscular arteries by external elastic lamina that gets thinner and disappears in smaller diameter specimens

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aventitia of medium, muscular distributing arteries

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as thick as the media

-vasa vasorum and lymphatics are poorly developed

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arterioles feneral features and functions

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100 microns or less in diamter, invisible to naked eye

-function to maintain normal blood pressure in arterial system, and reduce pressure of blood entering capillaries

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intima of arterioles

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thin subendothelial layer of reticular fibers and internal elastic membrane is absent in smallest arterioles

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media of arterioles

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composed of one to five layers of smooth muscles

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adventitia of arterioles

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moderate to scant

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metarteriole

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(also precapillary sphincter)

terminal segment from an arteriole before a capillary bed that regulates blood flow into capillaries

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structural changes of arteries with age

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three tunics are compete during 4th month in utero

  • largest arteries grow until age 25
  • aging process involves intima and media
  • after 30 years, media becomes stiffer from increase in elastic lamellae, and deposition of collagen and proteoglycans
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large elastic artery changes with age

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change more than muscular arteries

  • in media, elastic tissues develop irregular thickenings and elastic fibers can fragment
  • plaques from in intima due to noncellular lipid material accumulating in subendothelial layer
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muscular artery changes with age

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change less than elastic arteries

  • undergo calcification of media
  • form plaques in intima that reduce diameter as early as 25 years
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dimensions and components of capillaries
smallest vascular channels, with average diameter of 5 to 10 microns, 0.05 to 1 mm length - 60,000 miles of capillaries in human body components: endothelial cells and pericytes
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capillary endothelial cells - components - struture - life span - secretions
cytoplasm w/ Golgi, mitochondria, RER, free ribosomes, pinocytotic vesicles - structural support from desmin and/or vimentin (intermediate filaments) - life span of 150-180 days, slowly renewing - secrete basal lamina, joined by tight and gap junctions\; also makes bioactive substances (collagens I, III, IV, V, fibronectin, laminin, anticoagulants)
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capillary pericytes - structure - what do they share with endothelial cells? - function
stellate cells around capillaries and post-capillary venules - extensive branching processes with large nuclei rich in heterochromatin, small Golgi, mitochondria, RER, and filaments extending into processes - share basal lamina of endothelial cells - contract to regulate blood flow, and serve as stem cells for endothelial and smooth muscle cells after injury
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types of capillaries
continuous fenestrated sinusoids
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continuous capillary location and structure/function
L: most common, in muscle, nervous, CT, and exocrine pancreas S/F: endothelial lining and basal lamina are complete (sealed by tight junctions for passage of small molecules) -cytoplasm has vesicles to transport large molecules
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fenestrated capillaries location and structure/function
L: pancreas, intestines, endocrine glands -those with no diaphragm are only in renal glomerulus S/F: continuous (thin) endothelium and basal lamina -endothelial cells have small pores (60-80 nm) covered by diaphragm -specialized for rapid interchange of substances between blood and tissue
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sinusoid capillaries structure/function
irregular blood channels that conform to shape of structure they line - continuous basal lamina and fenestrae with diaphragms much larger than fenestrated capillaries - the discontinuous types have absent/discontinous basal lamina with large gaps between endothelial cells that allows enhanced exchange between blood/tissue
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three types of sinusoid capillaries and locations
sinusoidal capillaries: endocrine glands discontinuous sinusoids: liver and bone marrow venous sinusoids: spleen
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capillary permeability (2 types)
small: 9-11 nm; gaps between cell junctions that allow water and small hydrophilic molecules to pass (moreso during inflammation) large: 50-70 nm; transcytosis by pinocytotic or trans-Golgi derived vesicles
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traits of veins VS arteries
- greater variation in size and structure - larger caliber and more numerous (contain 70% of total blood volume) - more extensive vasa vasorum and lymphatics - more collagen and less elastic susbstance and smooth muscle - most thickness is from adventitia - small and medium veins have valves that are formed from infolding of intima with elastic CT core
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large veins structure
intima: continuous endothelium and basal lamina, but no IEL media: incomplete or absent adventitia: largest, best developed (95% thickness) - thick bundles of longitudinally oriented smooth muscle, collagen, and elastic fibers - well-developed vasa vasorum and lymphatics
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what kinds of vessels are superior and inferior vena cava and portal vein?
large veins
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small and medium vein structure
intima: continuous endothelium and basal lamina - complete IEL is only in leg, with some valves media: poorly developed except in limbs; smooth muscle is circumferential adventitia: thickest tunic and has no smooth muscle - has collagen, elastic fibers, fibroblasts, lymphatics, and vasa vasorum
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two classes of venules
pericytic and muscular
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venule function
continue exchange of materials that begin in capillaries - preferred location for leukocyte emigration - become leaky in response to histamine and serotonin
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pericytic venules
post-capillary venules 10-50 microns in diameter | -resemble large capillaries b/c they have a pericyte
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muscular venules
reccieve blood from pericytic venules and accompany arterioles - media has 1-2 circular layers of smooth muscle cells - thin adventitia of loose CT
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portal system specializations and examples
carry blood from one capillary bed to another - hepatic portal vein between intestines and liver - hypophyseal portal veins of pituitary - efferent arterioles of renal cortex
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arteriovenous anastomoses and examples
direct cross connections between arterioles and venules | -smooth muscle cells form sphinchter that regulates blood flow and allows bypass of a capillary bed
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characteristics of lymphatic vessels
large lumen, thin wall, irregular shape, extensive branching that runs parallel to blood capillaries and veins
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functions of lymphatic vessels
collect lymph from extracellular spaces and return it to blood vascular system -aid in circulation of lymphocytes
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structure of lymphatic vessels
lymphatic collecting vessels are like veins (endothelium intima, incomplete media, and longitudinal bundles of smooth muscle in adventitia), but more irregular in shape and size -discontinuous or absent basal lamina, held open by elastic anchoring filaments

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