Chapter 20- Blood Vessels Flashcards
Lumen is oval in___?
Veins
Tunica Externa/Tunica Media Sizes?
Externa bigger in veins (elastic)
Media bigger in arteries (meaty)
Tunica Intima made of?
One layer of endothelial cells + elastic lamina
Tunica media made of?
Smooth muscle tissue (circular), can vasodilate or vasoconstrict
Tunica Externa made of?
Connective tissue that protects and holds in place
Types of vessels
Arteries, veins, capillaries
Arteries
carry blood away from heart
Types of Arteries
Elastic, Muscular, Arteriole
Elastic-> Muscular-> Arteriole
Capillaries are ____ epithelial cells surrounded by_____.
One-cell thick, basement membrane
Metaarteriole
Big channel through middle of capillary from artery
Thoroughfare channel
Big channel through middle of capillary to vein
True capillaries
The actual capillary network that is not surrounded by precapillary sphincters
Precapillary sphincter
smooth muscle ring to stop blood flow in capillary
Walls of capillaries are permeable because of
Intercellular clefts and fenestrations
Types of capillaries
Continuous capillaries - intercellular cleft only (most common)
Fenestrated capillaries - intercellular cleft + fenestrations (kidney and small intestine)
Sinusoidal capillaries - Larger intercellular clefts and fenestrations (bone marrow and spleen)