cardio, Cns, Git Flashcards
Medium sized deep arteries are often accompanied by two veins called
Venae comitantes
Resembles capillary but are thin walled blood vessels, irregular cross diameter and are wide
Sinusoids ( found in BM, spleen, liver and some endocrine glands)
Direct connections occur between arteries and veins without the intervention of capillaries are called
Arteriovenous anastomoses
Lymphatic system
Thymus and Lymph nodes
Lymphatic vessels found in all tissues EXCEPT
CNS, eyeball, internal ear, epidermis of skin, cartilage, bone
Controls voluntary activities
Somatic nervous system
Autonomic- involuntary
Spinal nerves
31 pairs
Cervical and brachial plexuses
Upper extremity
Lumbar and sacral ext
Lower ext
Carries nerve impulses away from the central nervous system
Efferent fibers
Motor fibers - efferent fibers in skeletal muscle
Origin of efferent fibers (anterior foot)
Anterior gray horn of spinal cord
Carries impulses to the CNS
Afferent fibers (posterior root)
Sensations that sensory fibers are concerned with
Touch, Pain, Temperature, Vibrations
Smallest veins are called
Venules
Connecting arterioles to venules
Capillaries