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Lecture 6: CIRCULATOR SYSTEM ANATOMY - PART 1 Flashcards

1
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What is the first artery in the pathway from the heart to the foot?

A

Ascending aorta

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2
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What is after the ascending aorta?

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Aortic arch

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3
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What is after the aortic arch?

A

Descending aorta

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4
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What is after the descending aorta?

A

Abdominal aorta

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5
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What is after the abdominal aorta?

A

Common iliac artery

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6
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What is after the common iliac artery?

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External iliac artery

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7
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What is after the external iliac artery?

A

Femoral artery

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8
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What is after the femoral artery?

A

Popliteal artery

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9
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What is after the popliteal artery?

A

Posterior tibial artery

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10
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What is after the posterior tibial artery?

A

Plantar arch

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11
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What arteries are in the thoracic cavity?

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Ascending aorta, aortic arch and descending artery

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12
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What arteries are in the abdominal cavity?

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abdominal aorta, common iliac artery and external iliac artery

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13
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Where is the popliteal artery sitting?

A

Posterior to the knee

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14
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Where are the supply paths found?

A

Deep

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15
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What is the first vein in the path from the foot to the heart?

A

Plantar venous arch

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16
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What is after the plantar venous arch?

A

Posterior tibial vein

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17
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What is after the posterior tibial vein?

A

Popliteal vein

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18
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What is after the popliteal vein?

A

Femoral vein

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19
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What is after the femoral vein?

A

External iliac vein

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20
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What is after the external iliac vein?

A

Common iliac vein

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21
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What is after the common iliac vein?

A

Inferior vena cava

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22
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Where may drainage paths be found?

A

Deep and superficial

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23
Q

What vein sits superficially?

A

Great saphenous vein

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24
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Where is the great saphenous vein found?

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Running the length of the leg in the hypodermis

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25
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What is the longest vein in the body?

A

The great saphenous vein

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26
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Where does the great saphenous vein join the femoral vein?

A

At the groin

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27
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How many layers are in blood vessels?

28
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What are the 3 layers of blood vessels?

A

Tunica intima, tunica media and tunica adventitia

29
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What is the inner layer of blood vessels?

A

Tunica intima

30
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What is the middle layer of blood vessels?

A

Tunica media

31
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What is the outer layer of blood vessels?

A

Tunica adventitia

32
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What are the layers of the tunica intima?

A

Endothelium, sub-endothelium and internal elastic elamin

33
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What is the endothelium?

A

A simple squamous epithelium which lines the lumen of all vessels

34
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What does the endothelium act as?

A

A barrier between blood and the vessel wall which prevents clotting

35
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What is the sub-endothelium?

A

A sparse pad of loose FCT cushioning and supporting the endothelium

36
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What is the internal elastic lamina?

A

A condensed sheet of elastic tissue.

37
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How does the IEL compare in veins and arteries?

A

It is well developed in arteries and less developed in veins

38
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What is the major component of the IEL?

A

smooth muscle which is under involuntary control and autonomic tone

39
Q

What is the content of connective tissue in the tunica media?

A

Variable fibres of mainly elastin and collage

40
Q

What is the thickness of the tunica media proportional to?

A

Vessel diameter and blood pressure - thicker in arteries than veins

41
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What is the tunica adventitia composed of?

A

Loose FCT with a high content of collagen and variable amounts of elastin depending on the vessel

42
Q

What does the tunica adventitia have in larger vessels?

A

Vasa vasorum which are blood vessels that supply the blood vessels

43
Q

What is also found in the tunica adventitia?

A

Lymphatics and autonomic nerves

44
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What are the two types of arteries?

A

Elastic arteries and muscular arteries

45
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What do elastic arteries have?

A

More elastic tissue in the tunica media so that they are able to dampen the high pressure from the heart

46
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What is an example of an elastic artery?

A

Thoracic artery

47
Q

What do muscular arteries have?

A

Less elastin and more smooth muscle cells in the tunica media

48
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What is an example of a muscular artery?

A

Femoral artery

49
Q

What are arterioles?

A

Small arteries which are the last vessel in the supply path before the capillary bed

50
Q

What is the function of arterioles?

A

Act as the resistance vessels of the circulation - determine the blood pressure

51
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What is the function of capillaries?

A

Site of exchange between blood and tissues

52
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What are venules?

A

The first part of the collecting (drainage) system

53
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What do venules contain?

A

Monocuspid (one cusp/leaflet) valves to ensure that the blood doesn’t move backwards

54
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What are veins?

A

A low pressure, large volume transport system

55
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What do veins act to do?

A

Ensure one way (unidirectional) flow

56
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What type of vessels are veins?

A

Capacitance vessels which can hold accumulated blood if needed.

57
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Are capillaries capacitance vessels?

58
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Are arteries capacitance vessels?

59
Q

What is the structure of veins?

A

Irregular, flattened shape with large lumen and thin wall

60
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What do veins have?

A

Spare capacity meaning they can take up extra blood volume

61
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What are the layers of veins?

A

Intima, media and adventitia

62
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What is the media like in veins?

A

Much thinner than arteries - a few layers of smooth muscle (often in two distinct layers - circumferential and longitudinal)

63
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What is the adventitia in veins?

A

Often the thickest layer

64
Q

Where do deep veins sit?

A

With skeletal muscle either side of them

65
Q

What happens to deep veins when the muscle contracts?

A

It squeezes the vein and therefore pushes the blood up

66
Q

What stops blood flowing backwards in veins?

67
Q

When do varicose veins occur?

A

when veins dilate and so valve cusps no longer close properly allowing some blood to flow backwards

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