Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System Flashcards
Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System
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STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
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The vascular system consists of the vessels of the body. Vessels are tubes for transporting fluid, such as the blood or lymph. Any disease in the vascular system creates problems with delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues or elimination of carbon dioxide and waste products from cellular metabolism.
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The _________ system consists of the vessels of the body.
Vascular
________ are tubes for transporting fluid, such as the blood or lymph.
Vessels
Any disease in the vascular system creates problems with delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues or elimination of carbon dioxide and waste products from cellular metabolism.
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ARTERIES
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The artery walls are strong, tough, and tense to withstand pressure demands. Arteries contain elastic fibers, which allow their walls to stretch with systole and recoil with diastole. Arteries also contain muscle fibers (vascular smooth muscle, or VSM), which control the amount of blood delivered to the tissues. The VSM contracts or dilates, which changes the diameter of the arteries to control the rate of blood flow.
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The ______ walls are strong, tough, and tense to withstand pressure demands. ________ contain elastic fibers, which allow their walls to stretch with systole and recoil with diastole.
Arteries
_________ also contain muscle fibers (vascular smooth muscle, or VSM), which control the amount of blood delivered to the tissues. The VSM contracts or dilates, which changes the diameter of the arteries to control the rate of blood flow.
Arteries
The __________ contracts or dilates, which changes the diameter of the arteries to control the rate of blood flow.
VSM
Each heartbeat creates a pressure wave, which makes the arteries expand and then recoil. It is the recoil that propels blood through like a wave.
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Each heartbeat creates a pressure wave, which makes the arteries expand and then recoil. Which therefore creates a pulse
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The following arteries are accessible to examination:
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Temporal Artery. The temporal artery is palpated in front of the ear.
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Carotid Artery. The carotid artery is palpated in the groove between the sternomastoid muscle and the trachea.
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The major artery supplying the arm is the brachlal artery, which runs in the biceps-triceps furrow of the upper arm and surfaces at the antecubital fossa in the elbow medial to the biceps tendon.
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The major artery supplying the arm is the _______ artery, which runs in the biceps-triceps furrow of the upper arm and surfaces at the antecubital fossa in the elbow medial to the biceps tendon
Brachial
Immediately below the elbow, the brachial artery bifurcates into the ulnar and radial arteries.
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The radial pulse lies just medial to the radius at the wrist;
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This pulse lies medially to the radius
Radial pulse
the ulnar artery is in the same relation to the ulna, but it is deeper and often difficult to feel.
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Ulnar pulse is difficult to feel
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The major artery to the leg is the femoral artery, which passes under the inguinal ligament.
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