Capillary Fluid Flashcards
Which arterioles do not have continuous muscular coat
Metarteriols
What is precapillary sphincter
Smooth muscle that encircles the capillary at the point where each capillary originated from a metarteriol
Venules
Larger than arterioles
Have a much weaker muscular coat
Pressure is lesser than arterioles
Site at which leukocytes leaves the circulation mostly
Can contract despite the weak muscle
Arterioles
Contains thick smooth muscle —> makes is strong
Resistant vessel of blood circulation
When dilates more blood will flow
Resistance is determined by neural and hormonal input
Blood flow equals to ?
Pressure difference / resistance
Capillary bed
No smooth muscle around the capillaries
No vasodilation
No vasoconstriction
Which hormones causes vasoconstriction on arterioles
Angiotensin 2
Vasopressin
Epinephrine
Three layers of blood vessels
Tunica interna
Tunica media
Tunica external
Which one has a thicker wall
-Arteries
-Veins
Arteries bc they have a thicker middle layer
Which one is larger in diameter
-veins
-arteries
Veins —> larger holding capacity
Which structures are seen in the wall of the capillary wall
Endothelial cells
Plasmalemmal vesicles
Vesicular channel
Intercellular cleft
Basement membrane
Role of intracellular clefts
Water, water soluble ions and small solutes diffuse between the interior and exterior of the capillaries through these slit-pores
Fenestrations are seen in which organs
Liver —> Sinusoids
Glomerular tufts of the kidney
Intestines
Pancreas
Why fenestrations doesn’t seen in brain
Blood-brain barrier
Vasomotion
Intermittent contraction of the met arterioles and precapillary sphincters
Diffusion results from
Thermal motion of the water molecules and dissolved substances in the fluid
Relation between molecular weight and permeability
As molecular weight increases permeability decreases