Circulatory System Flashcards

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What heartwall layer i s mostly closely associated with pericardium?

A

Epicardium

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1
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Lines the natural free surfaces of BV and the interior of the heart?

A

Endothelial

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2
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Iies close to the endothelium, contain actin and myosin and has contractile ability?

A

Pericyte

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3
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What type of blood vessel has a thin wall compared to its lumen?

A

Vein

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4
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What is the membrane closely associated with tunica intima?

A

External elastic membrane?

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5
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What do capillaries lack that arteries and veins posses in their walls?

A

Smooth muscle

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6
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What structure is located in the right atrium?

A

SA node

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7
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What is the inner most layer of the blood vessel?

A

Tunica intima

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8
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The release of what substance during clot formation stimulates smooth muscle in arteries and contract?

A

Thromboxane A2

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9
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A sinusoid is a type of what structure?

A

Capillary

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10
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What is the name for the small blood vessels in the walls of blood vessels?

A

Vasa vasorum

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11
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What type of tissue comprises anull fibrost?

A

Connective tissue

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12
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What type of blood vessel has a thick wall compared to the lumen?

A

Artery

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13
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What membrane is associated with tunica intima?

A

Internal elastic membrane

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14
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Sinusoidal capillaries are son in the spleen, liver, in what specific part of what other organ?

A

Adenohypophysis

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15
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What layer of the heart contains endothelium?

A

Endocardium

16
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What type of fiber is observed in abundance among the smooth muscle fibers of the tunica media of the aorta?

A

Elastic fibers

17
Q

What layer of the wall of a large vein is the most prominent?

A

Tunica adventitia

18
Q

What glycoprotein factor is part of the clotting mechanism?

A

Von wilberbrand factor

19
Q

What type of blood vessel is found in endocrine glands and tissues where absorption is occuring

A

Fenestrated capillaries

20
Q

Contains fenestrated capillaries

A

Glomerulus

21
Q

What BV is heavily invested with elastic fibers?

A

Aorta

22
Q

What type of capillary is simple an epithelial tube with no basal lamina?

A

Lymphatic

23
Q

What layer of the heart wall contains the most cardiac muscle

A

Myocardium

24
Q

What type of cell lines the external surface of the heart?

A

Mesothelial

25
Q

In general in large vessels where are the vasa vasora located?

A

Tunica adventitia

26
Q

What layer of the artery wall is thethickest?

A

Tunica media

27
Q

What chemical is release from nerve fiber that cause arterial constriction?

A

Norepinephrine

28
Q

What do veins have that arteries dont

A

Valve

29
Q

What is the DCT that comprises the skeleton of the heart?

A

Annuli fibrosis

30
Q

Prominent inner and outer elastic membrane are criteria for what type of vessel?

A

Mascular artery

31
Q

What is the pace maker of the heart?

A

SA node

32
Q

What BV control blood flow into capillary?

A

Arteriole

33
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What major BV has a poorly developed tunica media and thick tunica adventitia rich in elastic fiber?

A

Vena cava

34
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What type of artery is the aorta?

A

Elastic artery