Histology of blood vessels Flashcards
Name the 2 types of arteries
Elastic and muscular
Name the 2 types of arterioles
meta and terminal
List the order of blood vessels in the body
Arteries, elastic arteries, muscular arteries, arterioles, terminal arterioles, meta arterioles, capillaries, venules, post capillary venule, veins
how many basic layers in blood vessels
3
Name the 3 basic blood vessel layers - simple names
Inner, middle, outer
what is the actual blood vessel name for inner
Tunica intima
what is the actual blood vessel name for middle
tunica media
what is the actual blood vessel name for outer
tunica adventitia
Tunica intima has how many layers of what kind of epithelial cells and what is the name of these cells
a single layer of squamous epithelial cells called endothelial cells
what supports the single layer of squamous epithelial cells called endothelial cells
basal lamina and a thin layer of connected tissue
the thin layer of connected tissue supporting the single layer of cells on the tunica intima is called the…
internal elastic membrane
Tunica media is made up of what
smooth muscle
what separates the tunica media and the tunica adventitia
external elastic membrane
what is tunica adventitia made from
supporting connective tissue
elastic fibers stain what colour?
black
