Circulatory System Flashcards
Large arteries:
Medium arteries:
Elastic (conducting)
Muscular (distributing)
arteries that:
- contain more elastic fibers
- conduct blood from heart to medium-sized arteries
large arteries (elastic)
arteries that:
- have more smooth muscle and fewer elastic fibers
- distribute blood to body
- vasoconstrict and vasodilate
medium (muscular)
very small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries
arterioles
connect arterioles and venules
vessels for exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste
capillaries
Vessel tunics (3)
tunica intima
tunica media
tunica adventitia
vascular supply to large vessels
vasa vasorum
surround capillaries with arm-like processes
help control flow of blood through the capillary and exchange of materials
pericytes
3 types of capillaries
continuous
fenestrated
sinusoidal
capillaries with non-fenestrated endothelium
tightly controlled transport (found in BBB)
continuous
capillaries with fenestrated epithelium
found in renal glomerulus
fenestrated
capillaries with large lumen and leaky walls
found in spleen
sinusoidal
layers of heart wall (4)
endocardium
myocardium
epicardium
pericardial sac
path of conduction through heart
SA node –> R atrium walls –> AV node –> bundle of His –> R & L bundle branches –> Purkinje fibers –> ventricle walls
3 pairs of veins that bring blood to tubular (embryo) heart
vitelline veins
umbilical vein (1)
cardinal veins
remnants of cardinal veins form (5)
superior VC inferior VC left brachiocephalic azygos common iliac veins
remnants of vitelline vein form (2)
hepatic vein
hepatic portal vein
3 paired arteries in development
dorsal aorta
vitelline arteries
umbilical arteries
dorsal aorta fuse to form
abdominal aorta
vitelline arteris form (3)
celiac artery trunk
superior mesenteric
inferior mesenteric