Chapter 20 Flashcards
Conducting arteries
elastic or large arteries
biggest arteries
examples common carotid subclavian pulmonary trunk aorta
distributing arteries
muscular or medium arteries
distributes blood to specific organs
examples: femoral brachial renal and splenic arteries
Resistance arteries
small
arterioles: smallest arteries
thicker tunica media in proportion to their lumen than large arteries.
very little tunica external
In carotid sinuses
baroreceptors
carotid bodies
chemoreceptors
aortic bodies
chemo/baroreceptors
exchange vessels
capillaries
composed of endothelium and basal lamina
capillaries
there types of capillaries
continuous fenestrated and sinusoids
intercellular clefts in the continuous capillaries allow
passage of small solutes such as glucose
what type of capillary occur in most tissues
continuous capillaries
least permeable and most common capillary
continuous capillaries
endothelial cell riddled with holes call filtration pores are what type of capillary
fenestrated capillary
discontinuous capillaries
sinusoids
most permeable capillary
sinusoids
allows proteins clotting factors, and new blood cells to enter the circulation
sinusoids