Cardiology- blood flow Flashcards
what contains more blood, arteries or veins
veins- 65-70%
capacitance vessels/ blood reservoirs
veins
venoconstriction causes
blood shift to arterial side of circulation
pulmonary circuit
heart and lungs
systemic circuit
heart and arteries/ veins that go into other tissues
layers of blood vessel wall
adventitia
media
intima
innermost layer of blood vessel
tunica intima (endothelium)
where is smooth muscle of blood vessel
tunica media
what is involved in vasoconstriction and dilation
tunica media
what anchors the blood vessels
tunica adventitia
which has more smooth muscle A or V
arteries
which maintain circular shape when cut and which collapses
A maintain
V collapse
which endothelial lining has pleated folds
a
arteries elastic membranes
external elastic membrane (media-adventitia)
internal elastic membrane (media-intima)
what has one way valves
veins
series of arteries decreasing in diameter
elastic arteries
muscular arteries
arterioles
what recoils during diastole to propel blood forward
elastic arteries - very resilient
muscular arteries have ___ media than elastic arteries
thicker
the radial and ulnar are what arteries
muscular
examples of muscular arteries
radial and ulnar external carotid brachial femoral mesenteric
smallest arteries
arteriols