E4: Ch15 Flashcards
arteries have ___ receptors
Beta 2
which artery subtype is known as “pressure reservoir”
arteries
arteries contain ___ muscle and are high in ___ tissue and ___ tissue
smooth, elastic, fibrous
has vessels move further away from the heart, elasticity ___ and muscularity ___
decreases, increases
3 vessels in micro circulation
arterioles, capillaries, venules
____ ____ are bands of smooth muscles that alter blood flow in capillary beds
pre-capillary spincters
gas exchange occurs in capillaries because ____ and occurs at the ___ membrane
they are 1 endothelium cell thick, basement
perictye: cell that contributes to ___ ____
capillary permibality
increase in pericytes = ___ in leaky capillaries
decrease
venues differ from capillaries by their ___ ____ ____
convergent flow pattern
capillaries have the ___ blood velocity and the ___ cross-sectional velcotiy
lowest, highest
which is there more of, arteries or veins?
veins
___ ___: force creates blood flow through body
ventricular contraction
sustaining ___ ___ keeps blood flow constant through arteries and vessels
driving pressure
blood flow is ___ proportional to pressure
directly
blood flow is ____ proportional to the resistance of vessels to blood flow
indirectly
3 factors of blood flow resistance
vessel radius
vessel length
blood viscosity
determinant of blood vescosity is the cross-sectional ___ of the vessel
area
mean arteriole pressure = ___ pulse pressure
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