Chapter 20: Vessels & Circulation Flashcards
Bulk flow
Movement of large volumes of H2O & Solutes by osmosis but also by physical force on blood vessels
2 types: filtration & diffusion
Capillaries:
Exchange of gas, nutrients, wastes, & hormones through diffusion. Usually pinocytosis.
Filtration:
Bulk flow out of a blood vessel at origin or start of a capillary (near arteries)
Reabsorption:
Bulk flow into a blood vessel towards end of capillary
Bulk flow is determined by:
1) Hydrostatic Pressure
2) Interstitial Pressure
3) Colloid Osmotic Pressure
Hydrostatic Pressure:
Physical pressure of fluid on its structure
Interstitial Pressure:
Hydrostatic pressure of the interstitial fluid on the exterior of the blood vessel
Colloid Osmotic Pressure:
Pressure due to the movement of water. Which is determined by the amount of dissolved substances in the fluid (especially protein concentration)
Types of colloid pressure:
1) blood colloid osmotic pressure
2) interstitial colloid osmotic pressure
Blood colloid osmotic pressure:
- lots of dissolved substances (esp. Proteins)
* opposite direction to the blood pressure
Interstitial colloid blood pressure:
Few proteins, very low
Net filtration pressure:
Difference in hydrostatic pressure & colloid osmotic pressure.
Determines filtration direction & quantity
NFP= (HPb + HPif) - (COPb-COPif)
Difference in hydrostatic pressure =
BP-IP
Ip is always very low=0
Difference in colloid osmotic pressure =
Bloop Cop - Interstitial Cop
If Net filtration pressure is +
= Filtration
Fluid moving out of blood vessels
If net filtration pressure is -
=reabsorption
Fluid moving into blood vessels
Difference in hydrostatic pressure of Arterial end of capillary:
*BP = 35 mm of Hg (mercury)
-
*IP = 0 mm of Hg (mercury)
Difference in hydrostatic pressure (HP) =35
Arterial end of capillary is:
Hypothetical because these values change depending on age & distance from Heart Rest vs. Active
Difference in colloid osmotic pressure at Arterial end of capillary:
*Blood colloid osmotic pressure = 26mm Hg
-
*Interstitial colloid osmotic pressure= 5 mm Hg
Difference in colloid osmotic pressure (cop) = 21 mm Hg
At Venous End of Capillary:
Blood moves from one end of the capillary to the other end
Net filtration at venous end of capillary:
*Difference in HP
BP=16 mm Hg
IP= 0mm Hg
16-0=16
*Difference in colloid osmotic pressure
BP=26 mm Hg
IP= 5 mm Hg
26-5=21
16-21=-5 mm Hg
How many miles of blood vessels?
600,000 miles of BV
We don’t have enough blood to fill all BV so body controls blood flow to areas that need it the most.
Local blood flow
Blood that is delivered to a specific region
Measured by perfusion
Goal of CV system:
Adequate perfusion for all tissues
Degree of vascularization
Amount of blood vessels in a given tissue
Angiogenesis
Process in which the body grows new blood vessels
Regression
Process by which the body disassembles unneeded blood vessels