Lecture 15 Blood Vessles

Question 1

Name the layers of blood vessles

Answer 1

Tunica interna

Tunica media

Tunica externa

Question 2

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Question 3

List the three capillary structure types

Answer 3

Continuous capillary - lest permeable, most common

Fenestrated capillary - large fenestrations incr. permeability

Sinusoid capillary - most permeable

all have tight junctions

Question 4

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Question 11

What are varicose veins?

Answer 11

Weak muscles along veins where blood pools

Question 12

What is angioplasty?

Answer 12

Surgical repair of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery

Inserted through groin, baloon

Question 13

What is SOB?

Answer 13

Shortness of breath

Question 14

What is a stent?

Answer 14

An expandable wire mesh to support a blood vessle

Question 15

What is CHF?

Answer 15

Congestive Heart Failure

When the heart cannot supply enough blood

Question 16

What is adema?

Answer 16

Water retention due to poor circulation at ankles and wrists. Gravity makes it worse.

Question 17

What is AAA?

Answer 17

Abdominal Aortic Anerysm

An enlarged area on the aortic artery

Question 18

What does asprin do?

Answer 18

Makes emboli have less affinity for each other, less likely to form

Question 19

What is thrombosis?

Answer 19

Clotting

Question 20

What is an aneursym?

Answer 20

Question 21

What is an embolism?

Answer 21

Question 22

What does arcuate mean and

where is the arcuate artery located?

Answer 22

Bow shped

Located in the foot