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Blood Vessels Flashcards

1
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Carries blood away from the heart

A

Artery

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2
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Smallest artery

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Arterioles

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3
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3 layers of artery

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  • tunica adventitia
  • tunica media
  • tunica intima
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4
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Outer covering

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Tunica adventitia

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5
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Middle layer

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Tunica media

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6
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Inner layer

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Tunica intima

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7
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Hollow center in tunica intima

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Lumen

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8
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Smallest blood vessels

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Capillaries

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9
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Have open spaces

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Discontinuous capillaries

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10
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Have no transcellular perforation

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Continuous capillaries

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11
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Have intracellular perforation

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Fenestrated capillaries

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12
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Capable of distention

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Veins

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13
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Veins merging into the superior vena cava

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  • radial and ulnar vein
  • cephalic vein
  • Basilic Vein
  • subclavian vein
  • vertebral vein
  • internal jugular vein
  • right and left brachiocephalic vein
  • azygos vein
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14
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Drains the forearm

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Radial and ulnar vein

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15
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Drains the lateral part of the arm

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Cephalic vein

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16
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Drains the medial part of the arm

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Basilic vein

17
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Axillary vein

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Subclavian vein

18
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Back of the head

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Vertebral vein

19
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Dural sinus

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Internal jugular vein

20
Q

Large veins that receive blood

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Right and left brachiocephalic

21
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Drains the thorax

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Azygos vein

22
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Inferior vena cava

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  • Anterior and posterior tibial vein and peroneal vein
  • Great saphenous vein
  • right and left common iliac vein
  • right and left gonadal vein
  • right and left renal veins
  • hepatic portal vein
  • right and left hepatic portal vein
23
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  1. Drains the calf and foot
  2. Called the popliteal vein. Its on the knee.
  3. Called the external iliac vein, it goes to the pelvis.
A
  1. Anterior and posterior tibial vein and peroneal vein
  2. Posterior tibial vein
  3. Femoral vein
24
Q

Longest vein

A

Great saphenous vein

25
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Drains the pelvis

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Right and left common iliac vein

26
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Drains the gonads

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Right and left gonadal vein

27
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Drain the kidneys

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Right and left renal veins

28
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Drains the organs in the digestive tract

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Hepatic portal vein

29
Q

Drains the liver

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Right and left hepatic portal vein

30
Q

2 kinds of circulation

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  • Pulmonary circulation

* systemic circulation

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