Blood Vessels Flashcards
BASIC 3 LAYERED STRUCTURE
TUNICA INTIMA
TUNICA MEDIA
TUNICA ADVENTITIA
LAYERS WITHIN THE TUNICA INTIMA
ENDOTHELIUM
BASEMENT MEMBRANE
INTERNAL ELASTIC LAMINA
ENDOTHELIUM
SMOOTH TO REDUCE SURFACE FRICTION
LINE THE HEART
BASEMENT MEMBRANE
PHYSICAL SUPPORT FOR ENDOTHELIUM
ANCHORS THE ENDOTHELIUM
INTERNAL ELASTIC LAMINA
SHEET OF ELASTIC FIBRES
TUNICA MEDIA
MUSCLE AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE
SMOOTH MUSCLE AND ELASTIC FIBRES
STIMULATION THAT CAUSES MUSCLE CONTRACTION
SYMPATHETIC
TUNICA ADVENTITIA
COLLAGEN AND ELASTIC FIBRES
CONTAINS NERVES
CONTAINS VASA VASORUM
WHAT ARE VASA VASORUM?
VESSELS WITHIN ANOTHER VESSEL
SUPPLY BLOOD TO THE TISSUES WITHIN THE BLOOD VESSEL
TYPES OF ARTERY
ELASTIC
MUSCULAR
ELASTIC ARTERY CHARACTERISTICS
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ELASTIC LAMINAE
THICK TUNICA MEDIA
ELASTIN WITHIN THE VESSEL WALLS
FUNCTIONS OF ELASTIC ARTERIES
PROPEL BLOOD FORWARD
WITHSTAND HIGH PRESSURE OF THE BLOOD
RECOIL
CONVERT STORED ENERGY INTO KINETIC ENERGY
MUSCULAR ARTERIES
SMOOTH MUSCLE WITHIN TUNICA MEDIA
VASCULAR TONE
ABILITY OF A MUSCLE TO CONTRACT AND MAINTAIN A STATE OF PARTIAL CONTRACTION
CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTERIOLES
THIN TUNICA INTERNA
FENESTRATED ELASTIC LAMINA
DOUBLE LAYERED SMOOTH MUSCLE TUNIA MEDIA
AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITHIN THE TUNICA EXTERNA
WHAT TYPE OF SYMPATHETIC NEURONS ARE WITHIN THE AREOLAR CONNECTIVE
ABUNDANT UNMYELINATED
FUNCTIONS OF ARTERIOLES
REGULATE BLOOD FLOW BY REGULATING RESISTANCE
CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLES TO BRING ABOUT VASOCONSTRICTION
STRUCTURE OF CAPILLARIES
SINGLE EPITHELIAL LAYER
BASEMENT MEMBRANE
TYPES OF CAPILLARY
CONTINUOUS
FENESTRATED
SINUSOID
CONTINUOUS CAPILLARY
CONTINUOUS TUBE OF ENDOTHELIUM, INTERRUPTED BY INTERCELLULAR CLEFTS
CONTAIN A BASEMENT MEMBRANE
WHERE ARE CONTINUOUS CAPILLARIES FOUND?
CNS
LUNGS
MUSCLE
SKIN
FENESTRATED CAPILLARIES
ENDOTHELIUM MADE OF GLYCOCALYX
SMALL PORES WITHIN THE ENDOTHELIUM
PROTEIN BASEMENT MEMBRANE
LOCATION OF FENESTRATED CAPILLARIES
KIDNEY MICROVILLI ENDOCRINE GLAND CHOROID PLEXUS OF THE BRAIN CILIARY PROCESS OF THE EYE
SINUSOIDS
LARGE FENESTRATIONS AND INTERCELLULAR CLEFTS IN THE ENDOTHELIUM
INCOMPLETE BASEMENT MEMBRANE
LOCATION OF SINUSOIDS
LIVER
SPLEEN
ANTERIOR PITUITARY
ADRENAL GLAND
TYPES OF VENULE
POSTCAPILLARY VENULE
MUSCULAR VENULE
POSTCAPILLARY VENULE
LOOSELY ORGANISED INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS
POROUS
MUSCULAR VENULES
THICK WALLS
COVERED IN SMOOTH MUSCLE
VEINS
THIN WALLS
TUNICA EXTERNA CONTAINS COLLAGEN AND ELASTIC FIBRES
TYPES OF VEIN
SUPERFICIAL
DEEP
SUPERFICIAL VEINS
RUN INTO THE SUPERFICIAL FASCIA
DEEP VEINS
BENEATH THE DEEP FASCIA
VEINS THAT PASS THROUGH THE DEEP FASCIA
PERFORATORS