Exam 3: blood vessels Flashcards
what is the avg. MAP?
85mmHg
what is vasocontriction?
radius decrease
what is vasodilation?
radius increase
what is the path for blood flow?
H, A, AS, C, VS, Vn, H
heart, artery, arterioles, capillaries, venuoles, vien, heart
what are arteries?
conduct blood AWAY from the heart
what kind of muscle and fiber is found in large arteries?
largest amount
smooth muscle and elastin fibers
what is another name for the large arteries?
- pressure resvoir
when is elastic force stored?
during diastole
what happens when no more blood is entering the arteries?
the walls passiveley recoil inward and prepel blood forward
what decreases from the large artery to arterioles?
- amount of elastin fiber and smooth muscle
- pressure
what is another name for the arterioles?
greatess resistance
what are characteristics of arterioles?
well innervated and muscular
what is active hyperemia?
a vasodilation or contsrtiction based on metabolic activity
what is reactive hyperemia?
a vasodilation based on a a decrease in BF
what is a myogenic respone?
Map increases, the arteriolar wall is stretched and the respone is vasoconstriction and vice versa
what are the two chemical messengers?
- nitric oxide
- endothelin 1
what is the purpose of these chemical messengers?
release chemicals which relax or contract the arteriolar muscle
what happens when epinephrine binds to beta 2 adenergic receptors?
vasodialtation
what are capillaries?
smallest blood vessel
what are the characteristics of the capillaries?
- small
- thin walled
- highly permeable
- exchange