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Blood Vessels Flashcards

1
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arteries

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away from the heart

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veins

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toward the heart

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capillaries

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site of exchange between arteries and veins

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3 Layers of the blood vessel wall

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tunica intima
tunica media
tunica externa/adventitia

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tunica intima (3)

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inner layer
keeps clotting from occurring
simple squamous endothelium that is continuous with endocardium of the heart

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tunica media (2)

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middle layer

usually thickest with smooth muscle for vasomotion

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tunica externa (2)

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outermost layer

loose connective tissue

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Which lumen is largest, vein or artery? Why?

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Vein because they are low resistance pathway

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What are the 4 types of arteries?

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conduction or elastic
distributing or muscular
resistance or arterioles
metarterioles

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10
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resistance//arterioles

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control the amount of blood to various organs (vasocontrict or vasodilate)

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metarterioles

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short vessels that connect arteries to capillaries

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conducting//elastic (2)

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pulmonary, aorta, and common carotid

expand and recoil to lessen fluctuation in blood pressure

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distributing//muscular

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distributes blood to specific organs

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3 types of capillaries?

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continuous
fenestrated
sinusoid

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15
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continuous capillaries (2)

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occur in most tissues

endothelial cells have tight junctions with intercellular clefts

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fenestrated capillaries (3)

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kidneys and small intestines
organs that require rapid absorption or filtration
has filtration pores

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sinusoid capillaries (2)

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liver, bone marrow, spleen

irregular blood filled spaces (allow proteins and blood cells to enter)

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18
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What do capillary beds consist of? (3)

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metaterioles
thoroughfare channel
true capillaries w/ precapillary sphincter

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precapillary sphincters (2)

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regulates the blood flow into the true capillaries

3/4 of them are closed at anytime

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20
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what regulates the precapillary sphincters? (3)

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autonomic nervous system
heat
local chemicals

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21
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venous sinuses

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a type of vein with thin walls and no smooth muscles

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veins (4)

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lower blood pressure
thinner walls
expand easily
valves aid skeletal muscles in upward blood flow

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23
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What is the capacitance of veins?

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contain 75% of the total blood due to large lumen

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What causes blood to be moved over to the arterial side from the venous side?

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massive sympathetic stimulation

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25
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What is the classic route of the circulatory system?

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heart->artery->arterioles->capillaries->venules-> veins

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portal system

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blood flow that goes through 2 consecutive capillary networks before entering the heart

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27
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What are the 3 portal systems in the body?

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hypothalamus-anterior pituitary
found in kidneys
between intestines-liver

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anastomoses

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point where 2 blood vessels merge

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29
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arteriovenous anastomosis

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artery flows directly into vein

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venous anastomosis (2)

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vein to vein

alternate drainage of organs

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arterial anastomosis (2)

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artery to artery

collateral circulation

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32
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hemodynamics (2)

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distribution of blood within the cardiovascular system

distribution of the cardiac output within the different tissues

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33
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Distribution of blood is determined by (3)

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blood flow
blood pressure
resistance

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34
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tissue blood flow? the total amount equals what?

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amount of blood flowing per min

cardiac output

35
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perfusion

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rate of blood flow through a vessel per gram of tissue

36
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What does flow determine?

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the speed of nutrient delivery and waste removal

37
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True or False, does each organ have its own value for flow? What is it defined as?

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TRUE; percentage of the total flow or cardiac output

38
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What are the 2 factors that determine blood flow?

A

blood pressure differences

resistance

39
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blood pressure? what causes this?

A

the force exerted by blood against the blood vessel wall; the contraction of the heart generating a hydrostatic pressure that is conducted in all directions

40
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in the systemic loop, the delta P is the pressure differnce between….

A

the start of the aorta and the right atrium (95mmHg to 5mmHg)

41
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What are the 3 types of blood pressure?

A

arterial
venous
capillary

42
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arterial blood flow

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measured at brachial artery of the arm

is pulsatile

43
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systolic pressure

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BP during ventricular systole (contraction)

44
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diastolic pressure

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BP during ventricular diastole (relax)

45
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normal blood pressure

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120/75 mmHg in young adult

46
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pulse pressure (3)

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can be felt with finger
systolic-diastolic
important measure of stress exerted on arteries

47
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MAP? what is the best estimate?

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mean arterial pressure
measurement taken at intervals of cardiac cycle
(diastolic pressure + (1/3 of pulse pressure))

48
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Where is the largest pressure drop?

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in the arterioles

49
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what is the importance of arterial elasticity? (3)

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expansion and recoil maintains steady flow of blood throughout cardiac cycle
smooths out pressure fluctuations
decrease stress on small arteries

50
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As BP rises with age; arteries become?

A

less distensible (recoil and elastic capability)

51
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Why must capillary blood pressure be low? (3)

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capillaries are fragile
capillaries are permeable
capillary flow rate is very low for nutrient exchange

52
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What are the 2 mechanisms of venous return?

A

skeletal muscle pump in the limbs

thoracic pump

53
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thoracic pump: during inhalation the thoracic cavity ______ which causes the BP to _____. The abdominal pressure _______ forcing blood ____

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expands; decrease; increase; upward

54
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resistance

A

any force that opposes movement

55
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total peripheral resistance? where is most of the resistance?

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the resistance that blood encounters as it travels through the circulatory system; on the arterial side

56
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What are the resistance sources of blood flow? (3)

A

viscosity
length
radius

57
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blood viscosity

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thickness or stickness of blood

greater the thickness the greater the resistance

58
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blood viscosity is due mainly to? (2)

A

erythrocytes

albumin

59
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vessel length (2)

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not used to regulate flow

the longer the vessel the greater the cumulative friction

60
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blood vessel radius (2)

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smaller the radius the greater the friction

is changed moment to moment

61
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turbulence (2)

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more of a pathological issue

normally blood flow is laminar (in layers)

62
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bruit? murmur?

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turbulence in a vessel; turbulence in the heart

63
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what is the main purpose of the cardiovascular system?

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to provide the tissues with the appropriate amount of nutrients & remove toxic waste

64
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blood flow is regulated by (3)

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changing the cardiac output
modifying peripheral resistance
modifying blood pressure

65
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the goal of cardiovascular regulation is to alter (3)

A

flow at the appropriate time
flow to the appropriate areas
flow without drastically changing flow to vital organs (heart and brain)

66
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What are the mechanisms used to regulate blood flow?

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  • local control or autoregulation
  • neural mechanism
  • endocrine mechanism
67
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auto-regulation occurs within a ______ while __ ___ and ___ ___ remain ____.How does it work?

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tissue; cardiac output; blood pressure;stable

-works by adjusting peripheral resistance (blood vessel radius) within a tissue

68
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what are some local acting vasodilators (5)

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  • dropping O2 levels
  • rising CO2 levels
  • rising K levels
  • acid
  • heat
69
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what are some local acting vasocontrictors (2)

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  • prostaglandin

- endothelin

70
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how does heat increase flow for vasodilation?

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relaxing the smooth muscle of the arterial walls and precapillary sphincters

71
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During neural mechanism, the ___ has control of the CO and peripheral resistance. Where does this mechanism originate?

A

ANS

-medulla oblongata

72
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What is the cardiovascular center contain? (2)

A

cardiac center

vasomotor center

73
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the cardiac center regulates ____; while the vasomotor center regulates ___ ___ to control flow

A

cardiac output; peripheral resistance

74
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vasocontriction neurons

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sympathetic fibers that constrict smooth muscle of vessels; “close” them

75
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vasorelaxation neurons

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sympathetic fibers that relax vessels of the skeletal muscle; “open” them

76
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baroreceptors; where are they found?

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pressure receptors

aortic and carotid

77
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when there is a drop in pressure what does this cause the baroceptors to do? (2) Overall?

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-stimulate cardioaccelatory center->increase CO
-stimulate vasocontriction center-> increase peripheral resistance
overall it increases flow to vital tissues

78
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when there is an increase in the pressure what does this cause the baroceptors to do? (2)

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  • inhibit cardioacceleratory center->decrease CO

- inhibit vasocontriction center-> decrease peripheral resistance

79
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the chemoreceptors in the vasomotor center stimulate what when there is a drop in O2 and increase in CO2 and acid?

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-stimulate cardioacceleratory & vasocontriction

80
Q

consequences of edema? (4)

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  • tissue necrosis
  • pulmonary edema
  • cerebral edema
  • circulatory shock
81
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hypoproteinemia

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low protein in liver

82
Q

which mechanism that regulates blood flow has both long and short term regulation?

83
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long term endocrine mechanism results from regulating?short term?

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blood volume; peripheral resistance and CO

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