CVS Histology Flashcards

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Elastic Artery Features

A

CONDUCTIVE

Vasa vasorum

ELASTIN and ↓smc

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Muscular Artery Features

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DISTRIBUTING

IEL or EEL

Definitive smc in T. media

Tunica adventitia contain collagen and elastin

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Arteriole Features

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Media LARGEST with large SMC

nil adventitia, IEL, OEL

sympathetic innervation

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4
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Types of capillaries

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  1. CONTINUOUS
  2. FENESTRATED - POROUS, filter via Wt and charge, endocrine and kidney
  3. DISCONT./SINUSOID - LARGE GAPS, free passage. Live, spleen, BM, phagocytosis in T. Intima
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5
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Capillary features

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MONOLAYER

Thin T.Intima

Pericyte: control flow

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Deep V Superficial Veins

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DEEP: thin wall, supporting fascia

SUPERFICIAL: thick wall, no surrounding support

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