Chapter 34 Flashcards
blood
circulating, connective tissue
capillary bed
required for slow down of blood
pulmonary circuit
- right half pumps oxygen-poor blood to lungs
- freshly oxygenated blood flows to hearts left half
lymphatic system
incl. drainage vessels that pick up xs interstitial fluid & reclaimable solutes, returning them to the circulatory system
blood properties
- plasma: 90% water, transport medium for blood cells and platelets
- red blood cells: erythrocytes, transport O2 away from CO2 waste, oxygenated bright red
- white blood cells: leukocytes, from bone marrow’s stem cells, house keeping, defense
- platelets: cytoplasmic fragments (shed by stem cells) wrapped in plasma membrane; 5-9 days
anemia
too few red blood cells
agglutination
proteins (called antibodies) act against foreign cells and clump together
blood type


Blood Flow Order
- artery
- arteriole (guide blood flow under nervous/endo. systems)
- capillary (diffusion & exchange, missing smooth muscle rings and outer coat)
- venule
- vein
jugular veins
receive blood from brain & head tissue
superior vena cava
receives blood from upper body blood
pulmonary veins/arteries
oxygen rich/poor blood for lungs to/from heart
hepatic portal vein
delivers nutrient-rich blood from intestine to liver
inferior vena cava
receives blood from veins below
iliac artery/vein
carries blood to/from pelvic organs
cardiac cycle:
- systole (contraction)
- diastole relaxation
- relaxed atria fills
- ^pressure forces AV valves open
- blood flows to ventricles
- forces AV valves shut
- opens semilunar valves
- to arteries
pacemaker
SA node fires action potentials faster than rest of system
hemostasis
stops blood loss, constructing a framework for repairs
- blood vessel spasm: smooth muscle contracts
- platelet plug formation: clump, release substances prolonging spasm and attracting more platelets
- coagulation: blood-> gel; fibrinogen sticks to collagen fibers
tissue layers of heart
- pericardium (tough sac, anchor heart to adj. structrues)
- myocardium (bundled cardiac muscle cells held by elastin & collagen)
- endothelium (lines heart chambers and all blood vessels)
antrioventicular (AV) valve
separates atria from ventricles
semilunar valves
separate atria from ventricles
thickest walled vessels
arteries
blood pressure
fluid pressure imparted to blood by heart contractions
- prop. to pressure gradient in vessel
- inv. prop. to vessel’s resistance to flow
systolic (ventricle against artery)
over
diastolic (slowest)