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Histology of the CVS Flashcards

1
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What path does the blood take around the body?

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Blood is pumped from the heart to the large elastic arteries, then to the medium muscular distributing arteries. It then goes to the arterioles, then metarterioles, the capillaries. From the capillaries, a small about of blood returns to the heart via the lymphatic system, but most goes to the post capillary venules, to the medium veins, to the large veins, then back to the heart.

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At what rate does blood return to the heart via the lymphatic system?

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100ml/hr

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Why does most blood return to the heart by going to post capillary venules?

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Because of the pressure

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When is blood flow fastest?

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When total cross sectional area is least, and so in the aorta

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What happens as the arteries branch?

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The total cross sectional area of the vascular bed increases

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Where is blood flow slowest?

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Capillaries, as there are many divisons

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Why is blood flow being slowest at the capillaries advantageous?

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Because blood needs to hand around for gas exchange

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What are arteries?

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Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the capillary beds

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What is the major artery arising from the right ventricle?

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The pulmonary trunk

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10
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What happens to the pulmonary trunk?

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It bifurcates into the left and right pulmonary arteries

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What do the pulmonary arteries do?

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Supply the lungs with deoxygenated blood

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What is the major artery arising from the left ventricle?

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Aorta

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What does the aorta do?

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It courses in a posteriorly oblique arch to descent into the thoracic cavity

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What arises from the arch of the aorta?

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Three major arterial trunks, the brachiocephalic artery, the common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery

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15
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How does the aorta terminate?

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In the abdominal cavity it bifurcates into left and right common iliac arteries in the pelvis, near the belly button

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What happens in systole?

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Left ventricular contraction causes blood pressure in the aorta to rise to approx. 120mm Hg- this is systolic pressure.

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17
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What happens to the aorta under systolic pressure?

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The walls of the elastic aorta stretch

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What happens in diastole?

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The aortic semi-lunar valve closes, and the walls of the aorta recoil. Aortic pressure drops to 70-8mmHg- this is diastolic pressure.

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Why do the aortic walls relax in diastole?

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To maintain pressure on the blood, moving it forwards into the small vessels

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What is the result of diastolic pressure?

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It is stil high, so blood is moving the whole time, meaning that it doesn’t start and stop

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What do elastic arteries acting do?

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Conduct blood away from the heart

Act as pressure reservoirs

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What do elastic arteries act as during diastole?

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Axillary pumps, giving back the elastic energy stored during systole

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23
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What types are arteries classified into?

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Elastic conducting arteries
Muscular distributing arteries
Arterioles

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24
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What layers do the walls of arteries and veins have?

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Tunica intima (next to lumen)
 Tunica media
 Tunica adventitia (outside)
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What does the tunica intima consist of?

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Endothelium and subendothelial layer

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What do some arteries have in addition to the three layers?

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Internal elastic lamina between the tunica intima and media, and an external elastic lamina between tunica media and tunica adventitia

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27
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How are the arteries and veins connected?

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Capillary beds

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28
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How do the walls of the elastic arteries appear in the fresh state?

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May be yellow

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29
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Why do the walls of elastic arteries look yellow in the fresh state?

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Because of abundant elastin

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30
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Why do the walls of elastic arteries look white in cadavers?

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Because of the fixation

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31
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What does the tunica intima consist of in elastic arteries?

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Endothelial cells with long aces, orientated parallel to the long axis of the artery.
Narrow sub-endothelium of connective tissue, with discontinuous elastic lamina

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What is the main feature of the tunica media in elastic arteries?

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40-70 fenestrated elastic membranes

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What else does the tunica media of elastic arteries contain?

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Smooth muscle cells and collagen between lamina

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What is the purpose of smooth muscle cells in the elastic arteries?

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Produce elastin, collagen, and matrix

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How do the features of the tunica media of elastic arteries stain?

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Fenestrated elastic lamallae stain black
Collagen and extracellular matrix stain turquoise
Smooth muscle stains red

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What does the tunica adventitia consist of?

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A thin layer of connective tissue, containing vasa vasorum, lymphatic vessels, and nerve fibres

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37
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Why are the vasa vasorum required?

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Because the wall is so thick that they need their own blood supply

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How does an aortic dissection arise?

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If blood somehow breaks the endothelium and works its way into the tunica media, it can start getting between the elastic lamallae. The high pressure means that sections are forced apart.

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39
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What is the problem with aortic dissections?

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Very painful
Can be catastrophic
The collected blood is susceptible to clotting. If this continues, may rupture the aorta

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When does aortal dissection happen a lot?

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Marfan’s syndrome, due to the defected elastin

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41
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Where in the aorta can a dissection occur?

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Anywhere along the length of the aorta

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42
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How are aortal dissections treated?

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An endovascular stent is placed, which means there is no flow to the aortic dissection, and the blood can flow through the stent graft

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How does the tunica intima appear in small elastic arteries?

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Indistinct endothelial cells

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44
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What does the tunica media of an elastic artery have?

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Elastin lamellae, smooth muscle cells and extracellular matrix

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What is the tunica adventita of small elastic arteries made of?

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Collagen

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What is the importance of the elastic walls of small elastic arteries?

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They can store energy in systole, helping move blood along

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What does the tunica media of muscular arteries consist of?

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Endothelium, a sub endothelial layer, and a thick internal elastic lamina

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What is the main feature of the tunica media of muscular arteries?

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40 layers of smooth muscles, connected by gap junctions

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Why are the muscle cells of the tunica media connected by gap junctions in muscular arteries?

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For coordinated contraction

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50
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How are the smooth muscle layers in muscular arteries arranged?

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In circles

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51
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What does the tunica adventitia consist of in muscular arteries?

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A thin layer of fibroelastic connective tissue, containing vaso vasorum, lymphatic vessels and unmyelinated nerve endings

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How do the vaso vasorum in muscular arteries differ in muscular arteries from those in elastic arteries?

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They are not very prominent

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53
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What stimulates vasoconstriction?

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Sympathetic nerve fibres

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54
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How does vasoconstriction of muscular arteries occur?

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The neurotransmitter noradrenaline is released at nerve endings, and diffuses through fenestrations in the external elastic lamina into external tunica media, to depolarise some of the superficial smooth muscle cells. Depolarisation is propagated to all cells of the tunica media via gap junctions

55
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What happens as branch and diminish in diameter?

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The number of smooth muscle layers in the tunica media diminishes

56
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What happens when smooth muscle is contracted?

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The endothelial layer and nuclei stick out

57
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What is an end artery?

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The terminal artery supplying all or most of the blood to a body part, without significant collateral circulation, meaning there is no significant contribution to tissue from another artery

58
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What do end arteries undergo?

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Progressive branching, without the development of channels connecting with other arteries

59
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What happens if an end artery is occluded?

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There is insufficient blood supply to dependant tissues, so nutrient and oxygen supply is seriously compromised

60
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Give 3 examples of end arteries

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Coronary artery
Splenic artery
Renal artery

61
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What are the best examples of an absolute end artery?

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The central artery to the retina

The labyrinthine artery of the internal ear

62
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What is bridging?

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The compression of a segment of a coronary artery during systole, resulting in a narrowing that reverses during diastole

63
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What are arterioles?

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Arteries with a diameter of less than 0.1mm

64
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What do arterioles have in their tunica media?

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1 to 3 layers of smooth muscles

65
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Do arterioles have a thin elastic lamina?

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Only larger ones

66
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What is the tunica media composed of in small arterioles?

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A single smooth muscle cell that completely encircles the endothelial cells

67
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Do arterioles have an external elastic lamina?

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No

68
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What is the tunica adventitia of arterioles made up of?

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A few fibrous cells with a bit of connective tissue

69
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What are metarterioles?

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Arteries that supply blood to capillary beds

70
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How do metarterioles differ from arterioles?

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The smooth muscle layer is not continuous

71
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What do individual muscle cells in metarterioles do?

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They are spaced apart, and each encircle encircles the endothelium of a capillary arising from the metarteriole, called the precapillary sphincter

72
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What is the function of the precapillary sphincter?

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On contraction, it controls the blood flow into the capillary, reducing it

73
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What does the precapillary sphincter allow?

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Arterioles and metarterioles to serve as flow regulators for capillary beds

74
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What happens when precapillary sphincters are open?

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There is plentiful blood flow through the capillary bed

75
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What happens when precapillary sphincters are closed?

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Blood flow through the capillary bed is greatly reduced

76
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How can the capillary bed be bypassed?

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By a central channel, consisting of a metarteriole and a thoroughfare channel.
This happens when the sphincters are closed

77
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What are most arterioles able to do?

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Dilate to 60-100% of their resting diameter

Maintain up to 40% constriction for a long time

78
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What does regulation by arterioles do?

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Directs blood flow to where it may be most needed

79
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What happens during strenuous physical exertion?

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Blood flow to skeletal muscles is increased by dilation of arterioles, and blood flow to the intestine is decreased by constriction of arterioles

80
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What do lymphatic capillaries do?

A

Drain away excess extracellular fluid

81
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Where do lymphatic capillaries return extracellular fluid to the blood?

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At the junctions of the internal jugular and subclavian veins

82
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How much of the total blood volume do capillaries hold?

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5%

83
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What do capillaries present?

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The largest surface area for gas and nutrient exchange

84
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How is the diffusion path to adjacent tissues minimised?

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Passing red blood cells fill virtually the entire capillary lumen

85
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How does blood velocity in capillaries differ from elsewhere?

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It is lowest during passage through the capillaries

86
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What does the low blood velocity through the capillaries allow?

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Time for gas exchange and nutrient exchange with surrounding tissues

87
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How big are capillaries?

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30µm in diameter

Usually less than 1mm long

88
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Essentially, what is the capillary?

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A tube thats just large enough to allow passage of blood cells one at a time

89
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What are capillaries made of?

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A single layer of endothelium and its basement membrane

90
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What are the types of capillaries?

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Continous
Fenestrated
Sinusoidal, or discontinuous (sinusoids)

91
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What are the most common type of capillaries?

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Continous

92
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Where are continuous capillaries located?

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Nervous, muscle and connective tissues, exocrine glands, and the lungs

93
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What do continuous capillaries consist of?

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Continuous endothelial layer, with the cells joined by tight or occluding junctions

94
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Where are fenestrated capillaries found?

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In parts of the gut, endocrine glands and the renal glomerulus

95
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What exists in fenestrated capillaries?

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‘Little windows’, or interruptions, across thing parts of the endothelium, which are bridged by a thin diaphragm (except in the renal glomerulus)

96
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What are the possible routes of transport across the endothelial wall of a fenestrated capillary?

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Direct diffusion
Diffusion through intercellular cleft
Diffusion through fenestration
Through pinocytic vesicles

97
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How do sinusoids differ from other capillaries?

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They have a larger diameter and a slower blood flow

98
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What is the diameter of sinusoids?

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30-40µm

99
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Where are sinusoids found?

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In the liver, spleen and bone marrow

100
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What do sinusoids have?

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Gaps in the wall

101
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What is the purpose of the gaps in the walls of sinusoids?

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Allows whole cells to move between blood and tissue

102
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What do pericytes form?

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A branching network on the outer surface of the endothelium

103
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What are pericytes capable of?

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Dividing into muscle cells or fibroblasts, during angiogenesis, tumour growth and wound healing

104
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How are postcapillary venules similar to capillaries?

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The wall is similar, in that it has an endothelial lining with associated pericytes

105
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What is the diameter of postcapillary venules?

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10-30µm

106
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What is more permeable, capillaries or post-capillary venules?

A

Post-capillary venules

107
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What tends to drain into post-capillary venules?

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Fluid

108
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Why does fluid tend to drain into post-capillary venules?

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Because their pressure is lower than that of capillaries or the surrounding tissues

109
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When does fluid not drain into the postcapillary venules?

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When an inflammatory response is operating, in which case fluid and leukocytes emigrate

110
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What are the post-capillary venules the preferred location for?

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Emigration of leukocytes from the blood

111
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At what point do smooth muscle fibres begin to be associated with the endothelium of venules?

A

As the diameter of merging venules begin to increase to more than 50µm

112
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What is happening as smooth muscle fibres begin to appear in venules?

A

A tunica media is beginning to appear

113
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What is the diameter of venules?

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Up to 1mm

114
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What is the endothelium of venules associated with?

A

Pericytes

115
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What can venules have?

A

Valves

116
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What do venules valves consist of?

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Thin, intimal extensions

117
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What do venules valves do?

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By pressing together, they restrict retrograde transport of blood, stopping blood flow in the opposite direction

118
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What is the general rule regarding veins?

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They have a larger diameter than any accompanying artery, and a thinner wall that has more connective tissue and fewer elastic and muscle fibres

119
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What do small and medium sized veins have?

A

A well developed adventitia

120
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What does the tunica media of veins consist of?

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2 to 3 to layers of smooth muscle

121
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What is the diameter of large veins?

A

Can be over 1cm

122
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How do large veins differ from smaller ones?

A

The tunica intima is thicker

123
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Do large veins have a prominent tunica media?

A

Most don’t

124
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What is well developed in large veins?

A

Tunica adventitia

125
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What large veins differ from most?

A

The superficial veins of the legs, which have a well-defined muscular wall

126
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Why do the superficial veins of the legs have a well defined muscular wall?

A

Possibly to resist distension caused by gravity

127
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How do valves in the vein act?

A

Together with muscle contraction, to propel blood towards the heart

128
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What are venae comitantes?

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Deep paired veins that, in certain anatomical positions, accompany one of the smaller arteries on each side of the artery.
The three vessels are wrapped together in one sheath

129
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What does the pulsing of the artery in vanae comitantes promote?

A

Venous return within the adjacent, parallel, paired veins

130
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Give 3 examples of venae comitantes

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Brachial, ulnar and tibial

131
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Give 7 examples of large veins

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Venae cavae
 Pulmonary
 Portal
 Renal
 Internal jugular
 Iliac
 Azygous
132
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What do large veins have in the tunica adventitia?

A

Well-developed, longitudinally orientated smooth muscle

133
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What do large veins have in the tunica media?

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Circularly arranged smooth muscle

134
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Do large veins have vaso vasorum?

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Yes

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