Final Exam Lecture 2 Flashcards
Define Filtration
*Which side of the Capillary is this seen usually
Fluid leaving the capillary
*Arteriole Side
Define Reabsorption
*Which side of the capillary is this usually seen
Fluid Entering the Capillary
*The Venule side
In terms of blood pressure, structures more upstream to our vascular resistance source, such as the Aorta, L Ventricle, and Large Arteries, have a higher or lower BP?
Higher BP
In terms of blood pressure, structures more downstream to our vascular resistance source, such as Veins, have a higher or lower BP?
Lower BP
What structures are measured in terms of vascular resistance?
Small Arteries and Arterioles
As blood moves through an area of higher resistance, what happens to the blood pressure?
Blood Pressure is reduced/decreases
As blood moves through an area of low resistance, what happens to blood pressure?
Blood Pressure is Increased
True or False: Blood Pressure and Resistance are inversely proportional
True
What is the Main reason the Blood Pressure drops when blood flows from the Large Arteries to the capillaries?
*What is the 2nd reason
D/t the Increased Vascular Resistance it encounters
*2nd - More systems of parallel, so more areas of blood to flow the further you get away from the heart
What structures do pressors work on, per lecture?
Arterioles and Small Arteries
How does Dr. Schmidt describe the kidney?
Big ball of blood vessels
What structure is the main source for where nutrient delivery and removing waste products occur?
Capillaries
What structure controls blood flow through the capillaries?
*How does it do this
Arterioles by smooth muscle cells
About how many layers thick are small arteries/arterioles?
4 layers thick smooth muscle
What is nutrient delivery and waste removal dependent on?
Metabolic Rate of Tissue
Is Blood Flow Velocity High or Low in the Aorta?
*Why
High Velocity
*only 1 Aorta, and 5 L/min has to flow through a 4.5cm sq. cross sectional area
*small radius, small diameter, between flow and chokepoint, small cross-section
What is the Aorta’s X-Sectional Area and how wide is the internal diameter?
4.5 cm Sq. and 2.5 cm
Name the 2 Venae Cavae
*What are they and what do they do
*Tell me their X-Sectional Area Total/ Each
*Tell me their internal diameter
Superior and Inferior
*Large Veins that bring blood back to the heart
*18 cm Sq. Total = 9 cm Sq. Each
*3 cm
Compared to the Aorta, is blood flow velocity higher or lower in the Venae Cavae?
*Why
Lower Blood Flow Velocity
*2 of them and increased X-Section area
In general, the increased amount of X-sectional area does what to the blood velocity?
Decreased velocity, as more area for blood to flow through
Which Structure regulates SVR and Blood Flow thru the tissue beds?
Arterioles
True or False: Arterioles have decreased wall thickness to internal diameter ratio
False
*Arterioles have an increased wall thickness to internal diameter ratio
Which has thicker walls: Capillaries or Arterioles?
*Why? What is each thickness
Arterioles are thicker
*Arterioles - 4 Layers thick
*Capillaries - 1 Endothelial Layer thick
True or False: Capillaries use smooth muscle to contract and relax?
False; Capillaries do not have smooth muscle
What makes Capillaries good candidates for Filtration and Reabsorption
Thinner walls, so less barrier
Per Lecture, fastest to slowest velocities out of these structures: Capillaries, Aorta, Veins
Aorta, Veins, Capillaries
What is the internal diameter and X-Section of the Aorta?
2.5 cm and 4.5 cm Sq.
What is the X-Section of the Capillaries
4500 cm Sq.
What is the X-Section of each Vena Cava?
*Combined?
9 cm Sq. Each
18 cm Sq. total
What is the Arterial End of a Peripheral Capillary BP?
30 mmHg
What is the Venous End of a Peripheral Capillary BP?
10 mmHg
What does Delta P determine, per lecture?
*Peripheral Capillary Delta P
Fluid moving thru the capillary
*20 mmHg
Per Lecture, what is a normal Aortic BP
100 mmHg
What is the main reason that the BP in the Aorta drops when it reaches the Capillaries?
Increased Vascular Resistance