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Midterm | Blood Vessels Flashcards

1
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Channels that carry blood throughout the body.

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BLOOD VESSELS

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2
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Blood vessels are (1) shape but never in a (2) that starts and ends at the (3).

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  1. tube-like
  2. straight line
  3. heart
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Types of blood vessels:

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  1. Arteries
  2. Arterioles
  3. Capillaries
  4. Venules
  5. Veins
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4
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Layers of blood vessel wall

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  1. Tunica interna (intima)
  2. Tunica media
  3. Tunica externa (adventitia)
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5
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Epithelial inner lining of BV

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TUNICA INTERNA (INTIMA)

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6
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Structure of BV that has direct contact with blood

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TUNICA INTERNA (INTIMA)

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Layers of the Tunica Interna (Intima)

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  1. Endothelium
  2. Basement membrane
  3. Internal elastic lamina
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8
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Facilitates efficient blood flow by reducing friction

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Endothelium

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9
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Provides a physical support base for the endothelial layer; provides resilience for stretching and recoil

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Basement membrane

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10
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Facilitates diffusion of materials; looks like swiss cheese

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Internal elastic lamina

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TUNICA MEDIA is a (1) and (2)

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  1. smooth muscle
  2. elastic connective tissue layer
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12
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Layers of Tunica Media

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  1. Smooth muscle cells
  2. External elastic lamina
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13
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Regulates diameter of lumen by contracting (vaso constriction) and relaxing (vaso dilation)

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Smooth muscle cells

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14
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Has the same function of internal elastic lamina: facilitates diffusion of materials; passageway of nutrients

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External elastic lamina

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15
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Outer covering of blood vessels

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TUNICA EXTERNA (ADVENTITIA)

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16
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TUNICA EXTERNA (ADVENTITIA) consists of

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  1. Elastic and collagen fibers
  2. Numerous nerves
  3. Vasa vasorum
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17
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Small vessels that supply blood to the tissues of
the vessel

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Vasa vasorum

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18
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Vasa vasorum means (1) and are easily seen on (2) such as (3)

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  1. Vessels to the vessels
  2. Large vessels
  3. aorta
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19
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Functions of the Tunica Externa (Adventitia)

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  1. Supply the vessel wall with nerves
  2. Supply the vessel wall with blood
  3. Helps anchor the vessels to surrounding tissues
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20
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Carries blood away from the heart

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ARTERIES

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21
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Have high compliance

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ARTERIES

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22
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What does “arteries have high compliance” mean?

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Their walls easily stretch or expand without tearing in response to a small
increase in pressure

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23
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ARTERIES Types (+ other terms)

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❑ Elastic arteries/ Conducting arteries
❑ Muscular arteries/ Distributing arteries

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24
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Largest arteries and examples

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Elastic arteries
ex. Aorta, pulmonary trunk

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25
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Elastic arteries contains —

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elastic fibers

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26
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They help propel blood onward while the ventricles are relaxing

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Elastic arteries

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27
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Greater vasoconstriction and vasodilation

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Muscular arteries

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28
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What do muscular arteries contain, and give example of muscular arteries?

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Smooth muscle
ex. Brachial arteries

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29
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Continue to branch and ultimately distribute blood to each of the various organs

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Muscular (Distributing) arteries

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30
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Union of two or more blood vessels supplying the same body region.

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ANASTOMOSIS

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31
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Alternative route of blood flow through an anastomosis

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Collateral circulation

32
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Arteries that do not anastomose

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End arteries

33
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Possible cause/s of anastomosis

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Inborn or surgical anastomosis

34
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Small arteries (microscopic)

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ARTERIOLES

35
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Regulate blood flow into the capillary

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ARTERIOLES

36
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Other term for ARTERIOLES

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Resistance vessels

37
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Terminal end of arteriole

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Metarteriole

38
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Metarteriole-capillary junction forms — that monitors blood flow into capillary

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precapillary sphincter

39
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Smallest of blood vessels

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CAPILLARIES/ EXCHANGE VESSELS

40
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Composed only of single layer of endothelial cells and basement membrane

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CAPILLARIES/ EXCHANGE VESSELS

41
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What do capillaries lack?

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Tunica media and tunica externa

42
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Venule that receives blood from a capillary

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postcapillary venule

43
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The flow of blood from a metarteriole through capillaries and into a postcapillary venule

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Microcirculation

44
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Capillaries are found near almost every cell in the body, but their number varies with the — of the tissue they serve

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metabolic activity

45
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Body tissues with high metabolic requirements

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Muscles
Brain
Liver
Kidney

46
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Tissues with lower metabolic requirements

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Tendons
Ligaments

47
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Tissues where capillaries are absent

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Cornea and lens of the eye
Cartilage

48
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Different types of capillaries, and the gaps found in them

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  1. Continuous capillaries: Intercellular cleft
  2. Fenestrated capillaries: Fenestrations
  3. Sinusoid: Intecellular gap
49
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Where continuous capillaries are found

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CNS
Lungs
Muscle tissue
Skin

50
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Where fenestrated capillaries are found

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Kidney
Villi of SI
Choroid plexus of brain
Ciliary processes of eyes
Most endocrine glands

51
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Where sinusoids are found

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Bone marrow
Liver

52
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Thin walls; do not maintain shape

53
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Function of venules

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Return flow of blood back toward the heart from the capillary

54
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Function as significant sites of exchange of nutrients and wastes and white blood cell emigration.

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Postcapillary venules

55
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Veins have very (1) walls and also contain (2)

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  1. thin
  2. valves
56
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What can be noted regarding veins when compared to arteries?

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Larger lumen and are more numerous

57
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Crosses the accompanying artery to form ladderlike rungs between the paired veins

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Anastomotic vein

58
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Superficial veins appear — under the skin

59
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Microscopic (15–300 μm in
diameter)

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Arterioles

60
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Microscopic; 5–10 μm
in diameter

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Capillaries

61
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Microscopic (10–50 μm in diameter)

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Postcapillary venules

62
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Microscopic (50–200 μm in diameter)

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Muscular venules

63
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Range from 0.5 mm to 3 cm in diameter

64
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Well-defined internal elastic lamina.

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Elastic and Muscular arteries

65
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Thick TM and dominated by elastic fibers; well-defined external elastic lamina.

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Elastic arteries

66
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Thick TM and dominated by smooth muscle; thin external elastic lamina.

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Muscular arteries

67
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TE thinner than TM

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Elastic arteries

68
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TE thicker than TM

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Muscular arteries

69
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Conduct blood from heart to muscular arteries

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Elastic arteries

70
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Distribute blood to arterioles

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Muscular arteries

71
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Deliver blood to capillaries and help regulate blood flow from arteries to capillaries

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Arterioles

72
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Permit exchange of nutrients and wastes between blood and interstitial fluid

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Capillaries

73
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Distribute blood to postcapillary venules

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Capillaries

74
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Pass blood into muscular venules

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Postcapillary venules

75
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Permit exchange of nutrients and wastes between blood and interstitial fluid and function in white blood cell emigration

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Postcapillary venules

76
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Pass blood into vein; act as reservoirs for accumulating large volumes of blood (along with postcapillary venules)

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Muscular venules

77
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Return blood to heart, facilitated by valves in limb veins

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