Histo 2 Vascular Histology Flashcards


Arteries and veins
what layers?
artery vs vein branching/merging

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Cell type?
what layers?


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What is it?
where is it thickest?
what does it span?
what can be in this layer?


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What type of fibers/tissues is it made of?
interacts with what?
where is it thin? thick?


Tunica Adventitia
what can be in this layer?

Types of arteries?
- Large (elastic) arteries
- Medium (muscular) arteries
- small arteries
- arterioles
what is this?
what tissue/fiber is present?
what is absent?


What is this?
tissue/fibers present?
hallmark?
what else is present?




just indentify


Small arteries and arterioles
distinguished how?
differences

What is this?
what cell is present?
what is this cell what is it controlled by?


Endothelial cells
where are they?
connected by?
support what?
produce what?
involved in what else?





What is this?
what are metarterioles?
what are the blacked out?
what are True capallaries?


What happens with precapillary sphincters that are contracted?



Veins
types?
whats different in the layers? (size)
hallmarks?



what are these?
what do they travel with?
contain what?


tissue?
contains what?
what layer is it in?











