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1020 Human Physiology > Module 9 - Blood Vessels > Flashcards

Module 9 - Blood Vessels Flashcards

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Organization of Blood Vessels

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  • Large arteries
  • Smaller arteries
  • Small arterioles
  • Capillaries
  • Small venules
  • Large venules
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Pulmonary Circulation

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  • Right side of heart sends deoxygenated blood to lungs
  • Blood vessels continuously branch into small vessels
  • Blood vessels become capillaries
  • Oxygenated blood enters venules & progressively larger veins
  • Returns to left side of heart
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Systemic Circulation

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  • Left side of heart pumps oxygenated blood to rest of body
  • Left ventricle through aorta to arteries to smaller arterioles to capillaries
  • Deoxygenated blood enters venules & progressively larger veins
  • return to right side of heart
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Total Blood Volume (TBV)

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  • 70% in veins
  • 10% in arteries
  • 15% in heart & lungs
  • 5% in capillaries
  • TBV = 5L
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Arteries

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  • Large proportion of elastic tissue
  • Withstand & absorb large pulsatile pressure heart contractions
  • Transport blood away from heart
  • Highest blood pressure
  • Low cross-sectional area
  • Increased blood flow (velocity)
  • Rapidly distribute blood throughout body
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Veins

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  • Contain valves to ensure 1 direction blood flow
  • Thin walls
  • Return blood back to heart via vessel constriction
  • Some smooth muscle & little elastic tissue
  • Flexible & distensible
  • Low blood pressure & cross-sectional area
  • Increased velocity
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Arterioles

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  • Smooth muscle
  • Constrict or dilate
  • Redirect blood to & from organs
  • Low blood pressure & velocity
  • High cross-sectional area
  • Increased resistance in circulation
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Venules

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  • No smooth muscle & elastic tissue
  • Low blood pressure & cross-sectional area
  • Return blood to veins
  • Increased velocity
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Resistance

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  • Blood dragging along vessel walls
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Blood Flow Equation

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  • Blood flow = (p1-p2)/Resistance
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Laminar Flow

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  • Slowest at edges & faster in center
  • Thin layers of flow carried across vessel
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Altering Blood Flow

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  • pressure gradient
  • blood vessel radius
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Factors of Resistance

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  • Thickness & viscosity of fluid
  • Length of vessel
  • Diameter (radius) of vessel
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Thickness/Fluid Viscosity

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  • Thicker fluid = higher resistance
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Length of Vessel

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  • Longer = high resistance
  • Length of blood vessels relatively constant
  • Not a major factor
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Diameter (radius) of Vessel

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  • Smaller = more resistance
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Resistance Equations

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  • R = 1/r4
  • R = (length of vessel x viscosity of fluid)/radius4
  • Blood flow = (p1-p2)/R = (p1-p2) x r4
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Application of Blood Flow

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  • Needs for oxygen & nutrients
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Exercise and Blood Flow

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  • Supplies muscle with oxygen & nutrients
  • Removes carbon dioxide
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Eating and Blood Flow

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  • Supplies intestine
  • Aid with digestion
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Diverting Blood

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  • Achieved by altering radius of arterioles
  • Vasoconstriction/vasodilation
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Artery & Vein Wall Layers

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  • Tunica externa
  • Tunica media
  • Tunica interna
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Tunica Externa

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  • Outermost layer
  • Composed of fibrous connective tissue
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Tunica Media

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  • Middle layer
  • Composed of smooth muscle & elastic tissue
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Tunica Interna

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  • innermost layer
  • Composed of endothelial cells
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Movement Within Capillaries

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  • Very thin endothelial cell
  • Presence of clefts & fenestrations (allowing water & dissolved solute movement)
  • Occurs by diffusion, filtration & reabsorption
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Capillary Diffusion

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  • Random movement of solute down concentration gradient
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Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide Diffusion within Capillary

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  • Lipid soluble
  • Diffuse through capillary endothelium
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Oxygen & Nutrients Diffusion within Capillary

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  • High concentration in blood
  • Diffuse into interstitial fluid
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Carbon Dioxide & Waste Diffusion within Capillary

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  • Diffuse into blood
  • High concentration in tissue
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Capillary Filtration

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  • Fluid moves from capillary out into interstitial space
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Capillary Reabsorption

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  • Movement of fluid from interstitial space back into capillary
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Stirling Forces

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  • Capillary hydrostatic pressure (Pc)
  • Interstitial-fluid hydrostatic pressure (Pif)
  • Osmotic force due to plasma protein concentration (πp)
  • Osmotic force due to interstitial fluid protein concentration (πif)
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Capillary Hydrostatic Pressure (Pc)

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  • Pressure on fluid force it out against capillary walls
  • Filtration
  • 35mmHg at atrial end & 15mmHg at venous end
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Interstitial-Fluid Hydrostatic Pressure (Pif)

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  • Pressure from fluid in interstitial compartment pushing back on capillary
  • Reabsorption
  • Pressure varies from -6mmHg to +6mmHg
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Osmotic Force due to Plasma Protein Concentration (πp)

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  • Draws fluid back into capillary
  • Reabsorption
  • High protein content = high force
  • 28mmHg
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Osmotic Force due to Interstitial Fluid Protein Concentration (πif)

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  • Pull fluid out of capillary
  • Filtration
  • Low protein = low force
  • 3mmHg
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Net Filtration

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  • Determines net fluid movement
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Net Filtration Pressure Equation

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  • NFP = (Pc - Pif) – (πp – πif)
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Positive Net Filtration Pressure

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  • Fluid moves out of capillary
  • Into interstitial space
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Negative Net Filtration Pressure

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  • Fluid is reabsorbed into capillary
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Lymphatic System

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  • System of vessels
  • Returns excess fluid & substances from interstitial space into circulation
  • Consists of small blind-ended capillaries (fluid passes through openings)
  • Return fluid to larger collecting vesicles that pass-through lymph nodes
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Lymph Nodes

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  • Filter & screen fluid for foreign particles
  • Send them back to venous circulation through collecting ducts
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Edma

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  • Accumulation of fluid in interstitial space causing swelling
  • Normal circumstances edma does not occur as lymphatic system removes excess fluid
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Edma Circumstances

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  • High blood pressure causes increase in capillary hydrostatic pressure
  • Decrease in plasma osmotic force
  • Blockage/disruption of limbic system
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Tissue in Blood Flow

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  • Control through autoregulation
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Capillary Beds in Blood Flow

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  • Maintain constant flow when moderate changes occur in blood pressure
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Myogenic Theory

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  • Change in blood flow from contraction & relaxation of smooth muscle in vessel wall
  • drop in pressure = vasodilation
  • contraction of smooth muscle = vasoconstriction
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Metabolic Theory

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  • Changing metabolic activity of organ changes blood flow to organ
  • Produces heat, oxygen, carbon dioxide, lactic acid, adenosine
  • Causes vasodilation
  • Increases blood flow to active tissue
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Humoral Regulation

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  • Regulation of blood flow by circulation of chemical substances
  • Vasoconstrictors & vasodilators
  • Release of epinephrine binds to different receptors in different organs
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Vasoconstricting Hormones

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  • Angiotensin II (Ang II) powerful in renal system
  • Vasopressin (ADH) hormone in renal system
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Vasodilating Hormones

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  • Kinins family of hormones formed in plasma & tissue
  • Histamine released from damage cells
  • Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) produced by atrial muscle cells
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ANS Control

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  • Regulate blood flow by innervating smooth muscle in atrial walls
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Vasoconstricting Function

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  • Contracting smooth muscle
  • Resistance increase
  • Decreasing blood flow
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Vasodilating Function

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  • Relaxing smooth muscle
  • Resistance decrease
  • Increasing blood flow
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Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) Input

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  • Vasoconstriction by release of norepinephrine onto smooth muscle of vessel
  • Vasodilation by release of Ach onto vessels in skeletal muscle (redirection of blood)
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Parasympathetic Nervous System (PSNS) Input

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  • No strong innervation of smooth muscle in vessel
  • Release of Ach producing vasodilation
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Blood Pressure Equation

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  • Mean arterial pressure (MAP)
  • Cardiac output (CO)
  • Total peripheral resistance (TPR)
    MAP(BP) = CO x TPR
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Baroreceptor Reflex

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  • Regulate blood pressure by increasing CO or resistance to increase pressure
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Baroreceptor Reflex Negative Feedback System

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  • Set point 120/80
  • Control centre, cardiovascular centre
  • Effector, heart & blood vessels
  • Controlled variable, blood pressure
  • Sensor, baroreceptors
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Baroreceptors

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  • Special stretch receptors
  • Located in wall of aortic arch & carotid sinuses
  • Sensitive to stretching of wall in blood vessels
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Increase in Blood Pressure

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  • Stretches vessel walls
  • Baroreceptors send action potential to cardio regulatory & vasomotor centres
  • Centres work to return blood pressure to normal (change HR, force of contraction & diameter of vessels)
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Cardioregulatory Centre

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  • Activates PSNS
  • Deactivates SNS
  • Drop in HR & force of contraction
  • Decrease stroke volume & cardiac output
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Vasomotor Centre

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  • Vasodilation of most blood cells
  • Decrease in peripheral resistance

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