Exam #2 Flashcards
Order starting with veins in blood flow?
Veins Heart Arteries Arterioles Capillaries Venules Veins
Vessle wall layers?
Tunica externa
Tunica media
Tunics intima
VEINS
Tunica externa function?
Thicker than arteries. Prevents collapse of blood vessles
VEINS
Vasa vasorum function
Provides nutrition
VEIN
Function of tunica media?
Smooth muscle
changes vessle diameter
VEIN
Tunica intima function
Flat epithelial cells allow fluid to flow smoothly
VEINS
Lumen function?
Hollow space to allow for blood flow
ARTERY
Lumen function?
Hollow space for blood flow
Smaller in arteries than veins to maintain blood pressure
ARTERY
Tunica media function?
Contains smooth muscle to provide support and change vessle diameter to regulate blood pressure
ARTERY
Tunica intima function?
Contains elastic to provide flexibility
ARTERY
Tunica externa function ?
Composed of connective fibers anchors vessels to surrounding tissues.
Arterioles contain?
Smooth muscle to dilate and constrict
What part of contraction is systolic pressure?
Peak contraction
What part of contraction is dystolic pressure?
During relaxation
What type of junctions are in continuous capillaries?
Tight junctions
Function of arterial venous shunt?
Bipasses capillary bed from arterioles to venules
Arteries are what kind of reservoir?
Pressure reservoir
Veins are what kind of reservoir?
Blood reservoir
How does blood flow upwards in veins?
Contraction of skeletal muscle
Venous valves
Thorasic pressure cavity
Fenestrated capillaries have what type of junctions?
Tight junctions
What kind of junctions do sinusoid capillaries have?
Tight junctions
What is anastomosis?
Connections among vessles
What is the cardiac output equation?
F= change in pressure
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Resistance
Bigger number on bottom means increases resistance
What is pulse pressure?
Systolic- dystolic