LAB7 Flashcards
what is the major function of the cardiovascular system?
transportation
what happens in the pulmonary circuit?
- O2 picked up
- CO2 eliminated
what happens in the systemic circuit?
oxygenated blood is supplied to all body tissues
substance transported from GI tract to all body cells?
nutrients
substance transported from endocrine glands to specific target tissues?
hormones
substance transported from various organs to kidneys and other organs?
waste
substance transported from lymphatic tissues to sites of infection/inflammation?
white blood cells
what is transported from muscles and various internal organs to the skin?
heat
which ventricle has thicker walls?
why might this difference exist?
- left ventricle
- LV needs to distribute blood to all body tissues
- RV need only to distribute blood to lungs
what are arteries?
blood vessels that carry blood away from heart
what are the properties of capillary beds?
- blood vessel walls are very thin
- gases, nutrients, and wastes can diffuse down their respective concentration gradients, moving btwn blood and interstitial fluid
what are veins?
blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
why is the blood leaving the ventricles under high pressure?
because of the force generated by contractions of cardiac muscles in the myocardium of the heart
what does high pressure in arteries allow?
high pressure allows blood in arteries to move to capillaries
why is blood pressure in vessels lower in the toes than in the trunk?
as blood flows further from the heart, the pressure in the vessels decrease
what are the mechanisms that allow venous blood to return to the heart?
- valves
- skeletal muscle pump
- respiratory pump
how do valves help venous blood return to the heart?
valves permit blood to flow in only one direction, preventing gravity from making blood flow even further from the heart
how does the skeletal muscle pump help venous blood return to the heart?
compression of blood vessels by skeletal muscle contractions squeezes the blood towards the heart
how does the respiratory pump help venous blood return to the heart?
Inhalation: diaphragm contraction compresses abdominal veins, blood moves to decompressed thoracic veins
exhalation: diaphragm relaxation, venous valves prevent backflow of blood in thoracic veins back into the abdominal veins
why do arteries have a thicker muscle layer?
what type of epithelium lines blood vessels?
simple squamous epithelium
- diffusion of substances across vessels from blood to tissues must occur
what does the cerebral arterial circle supply?
supplies blood to the brain
what arteries compose the cerebral arterial circle?
- anterior cerebral
- posterior cerebral
- anterior communicating
- posterior communicating
what is the cerebral arterial circle?
circle of willis
- provides alternate pathway for blood to reach brain tissue in case of impaired blood flow
what is the blood vessel that passes through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae?
vertebral artery
what organs or structures do the celiac trunk branches supply?
- gallbladder
- duodenum
- pancreas
- stomach
- liver
what is the function of valves in peripheral veins?
keep blood flowing towards heart
would you expect valves in veins to be visible in a cross-section slide?
what is the source of blood in the hepatic portal system?
capillaries of digestive tract and the spleen
pathway: capillaries → portal → liver → normal systemic circulation
why is the blood in the hepatic portal vein carried to the liver before it returns to the systemic veins?
- detoxification
- neutralization
- metabolize
how does nutrient and gas exchange occur in fetal circulation?
via the placenta, diffusing from mother → fetus
what arteries carry deoxygenated waste-laden blood to the placenta?
two umbilical arteries
what veins carry oxygen and nutrients to the fetus?
umbilical veins
what is the placenta?
where materials diffuse down their concentration gradients from mother → fetus
- attaches umbilical cord of fetus
what is the adult structure of the placenta?
afterbirth
what are the umbilical arteries?
2 arteries that passes deoxygenated blood from fetus → placenta in umbilical cord
- branches of the internal iliac arteries
what is the adult structure of the umbilical arteries?
medial umbilical ligaments
what are the umbilical veins?
1 vein that ascends to liver of fetus and divides into 2 branches
- oxygenated blood goes to fetus from placenta via umbilical cord
what is the adult structure of the umbilical veins?
ligamentum teres
what is the ductus venosus?
- 2nd branch from umbilical vein
- drains/shunts blood to inferior vena cava that otherwise would have went to liver of fetus
what is the adult structure of the ductus venosus?
ligamentum venosum
what is the foramen ovale?
- opening btwn atria in fetal heart
- allows blood to bypass lungs and directly join systemic circulation of fetus
what is the adult structure of the foramen ovale?
fossa ovalis
what is the ductus arteriosus?
- connects pulmonary trunk to aorta
- allows blood to bypass lungs
what is the adult structure of the ductus arteriosus?
ligamentum arteriosum
what is the opening in the fetus’s interatrial septum?
the foramen ovale
what are the components of the lymphatic system?
- lymphatic plasma
- lymphatic vessels
- lymph nodes
- lymphatic organs (spleen, thymus, tonsils)
how are lymphatic capillaries and veins different to blood veins?
- they are thinner walled
- they have more valves
- more permeable than blood capillaries
what is the function of lymphatic capillaries and veins?
- to return interstitial fluid to the blood stream
what are lymph nodes?
- contains lymphocytes and phagocytic macrophages
- located in scattered groups along lymphatic vessels
- macrophages destroy bacteria, cancer cells, and foreign substances before lymph reenters blood stream