Blood Vessels 2 Flashcards
Bulk flow of fluid across capillary wall is based on ____ _____.
pressure gradients
What type of plasma moves across capillaries?
protein-free
What are the 2 types of plasma movement?
- filtration
- absorption
Filtration =
movement out of capillary into interstitial space
Absorption =
movement into capillary from interstitial space
What is the purpose of plasma movement?
distribute ECF
What are the 3 types of exchange across capillary walls?
- diffusion (most common mechanism)
- transcytosis
- mediated transport
What is lipophilic diffusion?
across membrane
What is lipophobic diffusion?
through channels
What is transcytosis?
exchangeable proteins
_____ forces across capillary walls.
Starling
What are starling forces?
- forces for bulk flow
- hydrostatic and osmotic pressures
What is the hydrostatic pressure gradient?
force due to fluid
What is osmotic pressure?
osmotic force exerted on water by non permeating solutes
What is the only non permeating solute?
proteins
What type of capillary pressure can be calculated?
net filtration pressure
Filtration favoured what side?
arteriolar side
Absorption favoured what side?
venous side
Name 3 factors that affect filtration and absorption across capillaries.
- disease
- standing on feet
- injuries
How does disease affect filtration and absorption across capillaries?
kidney, heart of liver disease
How does standing on feet affect filtration and absorption across capillaries?
increases hydrostatic pressure
How do injuries affect filtration and absorption across capillaries?
- when capillaries are damaged, they leak fluid and proteins
- histamine increases capillary permeability to proteins
What is the net volume filtered/day?
- 3 L
- lymphatic system picks up and returns to circulation
Venues are smaller than _____.
arterioles
Venules connect ____ to ____.
capillaries to veins
Describe the smooth muscle and exchange in venules.
- little smooth muscle in walls
- some exchange of material between blood and interstitial fluid
Describe the size of veins.
large diameter, thin walls
What are the purposes of valves in veins. Where are they found?
- allow unidirectional blood flow
- present in peripheral veins
- absent from central veins
What does it mean when we say veins are compliant vessels?
- high compliance
- expand with little change in pressure
- function as blood reservoir
How much total blood volume in systemic veins at rest?
60%
If there is same pressure in arteries and veins, there is greater volume in ______.
veins
Name 4 factors that influence venous pressure and venous return.
- skeletal muscle pump
- respiratory pump
- blood volume
- venomotor tone
Increased blood volume =
increased venous pressure
Decreased blood volume =
decreased venous pressure
Long-term regulation of blood pressure occurs through:
regulation of blood volume
What is the skeletal muscle pump?
one-way valves in peripheral veins
What happens when skeletal muscle contracts?
- squeezes on veins, increasing pressure
- blood moves toward heart
- blood cannot move backwards due to valves
What happens when skeletal muscle relaxes?
blood flows into veins between muscles