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Circulatory System Flashcards

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The circulatory system includes…

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  • heart
  • arteries
  • arterioles
  • capillaries
  • venules
  • veins

Lymph vessels are also included

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What are the typical layers of a blood vessel?

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  • tunica intima
  • tunica media
  • tunica adventitia
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What is the major difference between elastic and muscular arteries?

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Composition of the tunica media

  • elastic arteries contain many concentric sheets of elastin
  • muscular arteries only have a few fibers
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How many layers of smooth muscle do arterioles have?

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3 or fewer

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How is flow regulated through capillary beds (microcirculation) ?

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by precapillary sphincters at the arteriole-capillary junction

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What allows blood to bypass the capillary beds?

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arteriovenous shunts

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endocardium

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  • endothelium
  • some supporting connective tissue
  • adipose tissue deposits in places
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myocardium

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  • muscle of the heart

- contains cardiac myocytes and purkinje fibers

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epicardium

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  • adventitia
  • contains mesothelium that secretes serous fluid
  • some supporting CT like in endocardium
  • broad layer of adipose tissue
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pericardium

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outer membrane

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Purkinje fibers

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  • conduction system
  • derived from cardiac muscle
  • cells are larger than muscle fiber
  • no T-tubules
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What connective tissue can be found in the endocardium?

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  • delicate collagenous layer

- deeper fibroelastic layer

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cardiac skeleton

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  • fibrous skeleton of heart
  • annulus
  • trigone
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What is the fibrous skeleton of the heart?

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dense CT in heart that separates the atria from the ventricles

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Annulus

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surround valves in the heart

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Trigone

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triangular area between the two AV canals and aortic valve

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Heart valves

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  • folds of endocardium
  • supported by cardiac skeleton
  • edges of cusps of valves anchored by chordae tendineae
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tunica intima

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  • can have 3 layers
  • endothelium = always
  • subendothelial connective tissue = +/-
  • internal elastic lamina = +/-
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tunica media

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  • smooth muscle of vessel
  • varying amounts of elastic laminae
  • external elastic lamina = difficult to see usually
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tunica adventitia

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  • connective tissue of vessel wall
  • dense or loose CT
  • larger vessels also have a blood and nerve supply for that vessel
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vasa vasorum

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  • blood supply for the larger blood vessel
  • located in the tunica adventitia
  • too large to just pull what blood they need from the blood going through them
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nervi vasorum

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  • nerve supply for the larger blood vessels

- located in the tunica adventitia

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tunica intima of elastic arteries

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  • most inner layer, just inside endothelium
  • very thin layer = may be difficult to observe
  • usually contains fibroblasts and myointimal cells
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What do myointimal cells do as they age?

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deposit lipid and thicken

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What is atherosclerosis?
disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls
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tunica media of elastic arteries
- thickest layer - many concentric layers of elastin - smooth muscle cells and reticular fibers between layers - external elastic lamina is not readily apparent
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In comparison with the tunica media, the tunica adventitia of elastic arteries is...
thin
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tunica intima of muscular arteries
- endothelium - CT - IEL
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tunica media of muscular arteries
- thick layer of smooth muscle | - contains fibers and proteoglycans
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What is the external elastic lamina? Where is it in muscular arteries?
- made of elastin fibers | - divides tunica media and adventitia
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tunica adventitia of muscular arteries
- external CT layer | - can be very thick
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Can the tunica intima be seen for muscular arteries under normal conditions with a light microscope?
- Not really = difficult with light microscope and normal conditions - However it is visible in pathological conditions such as atherosclerosis
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What happens when the vascular intima becomes thicker? | Why is this a problem?
- Increases peripheral blood pressure | - Leads to hypertension, coronary artery disease, stroke, aneurysm, etc.
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Differences between small muscular arteries and arterioles?
SMA - greater than 3 layers of muscle cells Arterioles - no external elastic lamina - diminishing internal elastic lamina - 3 or less layers of muscle cells
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Arterioles
- smallest branch of arterial system - delivers and regulates blood flow to the capillary beds - regulates systemic blood pressure
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How do arterioles regulate systemic blood pressure?
Through constrictions of arterioles, which increases resistance to peripheral blood flow
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Layers of Arterioles
- tunica intima = present - internal elastic lamina = disappearing - tunica media = 1-3 layers of smooth muscle cells - tunica adventitia = narrow layer of connective tissue
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What kind of cells produce nitric oxide? | What does nitric oxide do?
- produced by vascular endothelial cells and macrophages | - potent vasodilator = open arteries/arterioles up and lowers blood pressure
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What layers are found in capillaries?
endothelium and basement membrane
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What types of capillaries are there?
- continuous - fenestrated - discontinuous - sinusoidal
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What is the diameter of a capillary?
Generally about the same as a RBC (7-9 micrometers) Sinusoids are much larger at 30-40 micrometers (5x the size of RBC!) and are found in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and bone marrow
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Why are capillaries so thin?
To allow for exchanges - water and solutes between blood and tissues (tissue beds) - between blood and environment (lung)
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Continuous capillaries
- no pores in endothelial cells | - most common types = muscle, brain, thymus, bone, lung
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Fenestrated (windowed) capillaries
- have pores w/in endothelial cells (+/- diaphragm) | - found in tissues with substantial fluid transport: intestine, kidney, endocrine glands
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Sinusoids
- special capillaries found in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow - have wide lumen - incomplete basal lamina
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Discontinuous capillaries
- found in liver and spleen | - have discontinuous endothelium = gaps between the endothelial cells themselves
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What is microcirculation?
- interaction of arterioles and venules through capillaries at peripheral tissues - for gas, nutrients, fluid, and metabolic waste exchange
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How is blood flow in capillary circulation controlled/
- autonomic nervous system - circulating hormones - precapillary sphincters
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Layers of Venules
- tunica intima =endothelium only - tunica media = thin or not present - tunica adventitia = present
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Blood flow through a capillary bed
arterioles -> capillaries -> post-capillary venule -> collecting venule ->muscular venule
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Layers of Veins
- tunica intima = present - tunica media = few layers of smooth muscle; may be discontinuous; irregularly arranged - tunica adventitia = thickest part
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Keys to differentiating arteries from veins
- veins and venules have a thinner wall for all layers - compare them = arteries and veins often found together, same with arterioles and venules - most arteries do not have valves; many veins have valves
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Why can it be a problem that lymph vessels are a very low pressure system?
- easily occluded, obstructed, or overwhelmed | - leads to edema
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Why do lymph vessels have valves?
help assure fluid continues toward large veins cranial to the heart
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What does it mean that the lymph system is a one-way system?
- smallest lymph vessels (lymph capillaries) are blind-ended | - begin in the perivascular space in the tissue beds
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Function of Lymph Vessels?
- transport excess interstital fluid, proteins, solutes, and macromolecules through lymph nodes and back to venous system - safety valve between extravascular and intravascular fluid pools - filtering system to impede microorganisms and cancer cells
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What do lymph vessels look like on a slide?
- no basement membranes - endothelium only - look like a space in the tissue = look for the endothelium - have valves - thinner walls than veins of similar size - should NOT fnd RBCs in lymph vessels
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Circulatory Shock
- acute symptom - life-threatening - widespread inadequacy of tissue perfusion - hypovolemia of 25% or greater can lead to it = can be due to blood loss or extreme vasodialtion by endotoxin, etc.
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What damage does circulatory shock do?
- cellular hypoxia - cellular injury - organ damage - lactic acidosis = lactic acid released from damaged cells
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How does peripheral vasoconstriction relate to circulatory shock?
- compensation for circulatory shock - preserves blood flow to vital organs - decreases capillary hydrostatic pressure to facilitate the flow of interstital fluid into the circulation

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