QUIZ 6 Flashcards
components of circulatory system
- blood
- red bone marrow
- heart
- vessels
- lymphatic system
blood as connective tissue
- connective tissue:
- cells- various blood cells (RBCS, WBC, macrophages)
- fluid- water based fluid
- fibers- dissolved protein fibers (fibrin)
- ground substance- fluid ground substance -> plasma
blood
- plasma- 55% (volume)
- H2O- 92% (weight)
- proteins- 7%
- electrolytes- 1%
- cells and cell fragments- 45% (volume) -> red 99%, white .01%, platelets .99% (formed elements)
- hematocrit- measure of blood cell volume percentage, a common test for anemia
red blood cells
- erythrocytes
- hemoglobin- protein that transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
- transports from high oxygenated regions to other parts
- transports CO2 form high concentration back to lungs
- formed in hemopoietic marrow (red marrow)
- destroyed (phagocytized) in liver and spleen
- spleen stores RBC’s
antigen and antibodies
- antigen- substances capable of stimulating an immune response -> some are bound to cell surface (surface antigens)
- antibody- proteins that recognize and immobilize a specific antigen -> stimulate an immune response
- when antibodies bind to erythrocytes surface antigens, this leads to agglutination (clumps of cells that can prevent normal blood circulation and/or cell rupture)
blood types
- receiving blood that isnt your blood type leads to agglutination
- ABO blood type-
- type A- specific surface antigen A -> produce anti-B antibodies -> type B binds and causes agglutination
- type B- surface antigen B -> anti-A antibodies
- type AB- surface antigens A and B -> they have no anti-A or anti-B -> universal acceptor
- type O -> neither surface antigen A or B -> produces both anti-A and anti-B antibodies -> universal donor
would we expect agglutination to occur in a type A person who receives a transfusion of type AB blood
- yes
- type A has anti-B antibodies and AB blood has surface antigen B
Rh
- Rh positive- have surface antigen D and no anti-D antibodies
- Rh negative- have no surface antigen D and no anti-D antibodies (except when this person has be exposed to Rh+ blood previously)
- if a pregnant persons child is Rh+ and the mother is Rh- -> the blood from the child transfers to the mother
- if she has another baby her Rh+ can transfer to the baby and cause agglutination -> problem!
- checked in pregnant mothers
white blood cells
- leukocytes
- immune response agents
- defend against pathogens
- 5 major types
- leukemia:
- increased production of leukocytes at expense of erythrocytes and platelets within red bone marrow
- bone marrow transplant may be prescribed in some cases
platelets
- thrombocytes
- small irregular cell fragments
- form clots in combination with dissolved fibrin
- release clotting agent
- thrombus- stationary clot in vessel -> can be bad is in pulmonary system
- embolus- detached clot
heart: pericardium
- outer layer limits movement of heart within thorax
- outer layer is attached to other organs (diaphragm)
- outer layer prevents the heart from being over filled with blood
- outer layer -> fibrous pericardium -> dense connective tissue
- deeper layer- provides lubrication
- serous pericardium (inner layer)- 2 layers -> parietal serous membrane (loose connective tissue and epithelium) and visceral serous
- mediastinum
- attached to other organs -> diaphragm
- prevents the heart from being overfilled with blood
pulmonary circulation
- receives deoxygenated blood from the right side of heart -> to lungs
- CO2 is passed in tissue
systemic cirulation
- oxygenated
- left side of heart -> blood supply to the rest of the organs (systemic cells)
pericarditis
- swelling and irritation of serous membrane and heart
- sharp pain in heart
- inner layers of pericardium provide lubrication to prevent this
- pain is picked up by left arm and heart
fibrous pericardium
- dense connective tissue
- outer layer of pericardium
- prevents distention
- prevents overfilling
- continuous with the diaphragm and major vessels (inferior vena cava, aorta, esophagus)
- binds strongly to the inferior vena cava and aorta and esophagus
- outermost layer of pericardium
serous pericardium
- inner layer of pericardium
- 2 layers -> parietal serous membrane and visceral serous pericardium (epicardium)
- a serous membrane is a combination of loose connective tissue and epithelium
- lines the inner part of the fibrous pericardium (parietal layer) and the outside of the heart (visceral layer)
- epithelium layer of tissue is pointing inward, facing the space in between the parietal and visceral layers -> produces the serous fluid -> prevents friction between the visceral and parietal layers of serous pericardium
- lubrication
- parietal layer- outer layer -> touching the fibrous pericardium
- visceral layer- surround the heart -> outer layer of the heart wall
- visceral layer is also known as epicardium
- areolar connective tissue and fat
- binds the simple squamous epithelium-> producing the serous fluid
myocardium
- deep to the visceral layer of the serous pericardium
- cardiac muscles cells
- deep to visceral layer
- short, branched cardiac muscles cells
- striated muscle
- intercalated discs- electrical junctions
- open gap junctions
- ions pass from one cell to another freely -> depolarization of one cell causes continuous flow -> systemic and smooth contraction of heart muscle wall
- fast and continuous signal
- cells are shorter, branched, striated, y-shaped
- thickest part
endocardium
- deepest layer of heart
- surrounding the atria and ventricles
- areolar connective tissue and endothelium (simple squamous epithelium)
- has areolar connective tissue which connects the endothelium to myocardium
- endothelium layer of the endocardium is simple squamous epithelium
- continuous with endothelium that lines the blood vessels of the arteries and veins
fibrous skeleton
- connected to myocardium
- dense connective tissue that reinforces the valves found in between heart chambers
- serves as electrical insulator between atria and ventricles
- septum
- provides support to valves
- forms a layer in between atrium and ventricles -> prevents the electrical flow from atria to ventricles (electrical insulator)
semilunar vales
-between ventricles and arteries
chambers
- atrium receives blood from outside of heart from veins (vena cava and pulmonary veins)
- ventricles expel blood into arteries
- ventricles- expel blood into arteries
- right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from vena cava
- flows into the right ventricle while relaxed
- ventricle expels the deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery/ circulation
- pulmonary veins returns oxygenated blood into left atrium
- flows into the left ventricle to systemic cells via aorta
valves
- atria to ventricle -> cuspid valves (atrioventricular valve)
- bicuspid on left
- tricuspid on the right
- ventricle to artery -> semilunar valves
- pulmonary semilunar valve on the right
- aortic semilunar valve on the left
- semilunar vales have 3 cups
- valves are flaps of tissue
- free edges of valves go into the ventricles
- high pressure in ventricles -> closes the valves and prevents back flow
right atrium
- deoxygenated blood enter the right atrium from the superior and inferior vena cava
- walls of atrium are thin (myocardium)
- less pressure is required
- fossa ovalis- medial side of atrium wall -> important fetal blood circulation (flap fuses)
- right atrioventricular valve- tricuspid valve -> goes to right ventricle
right ventricle
- receives blood from right atrium
- thicker walls
- 3 major papillary muscles
- corda tendinae- strings that close the valves when muscle contracts
- papillary muscles contract and hold the corda tendinae tight -> closes bicuspid
- semilunar valve opens to the pulmonary semilunar valve
- trabeculae carneae muscles- in the wall of the right ventricle
- less thick then the left ventricle
left atrium
- oxygenated blood goes to left atrium via pulmonary vein
- left and right pulmonary vein
- thin wall
- from left atrium to left ventricle -> bicuspid valve
left ventricle
- thick walls
- trabeculae carnae in muscle wall
- pumps blood to the aorta via aortic semilunar valve
- papillary muscles and corda tendinae (string) prevent back flow
cardiac cycle
- defined based on contraction of ventricles
- atrial systole (ventricular diastole)- atria contract
- ventricular systole (atrial diastole)- ventricles contract
1. ventricular diastole- relaxed -> blood flow into atria
2. passive blood flow from atria to ventricle (80% due to pressure and gravity)
3. at the end of ventricular diastole (relaxation) -> atria contract -> push last bit of blood into the ventricles -> higher blood pressure in ventricles
4. ventricular systole- AV valves close -> ventricular contraction -> semilunar valves open
5. ventricular ejection- blood moves through the semilunar valves into the arteries
6. ventricles relax and the pressure in the arteries closes the semilunar valves
7. repeat
systole
- contraction of ventricles
- closed AV valves
- open semilunar valves
- pumps blood into circulation
- systole- allowing blood to pass into the arties
diastole
- relaxation of ventricles
- closed semilunar valves
- open AV valves
- atrial compression pushing blood from atria into ventricles
lub
- as ventricles compress during systole -> closure of AV valves
- systolic
- AV valve close
dup
diastolic
- semilunar valve closure
- semilunar valves close due to pressure in arteries
- beginning of diastole
- relaxation of ventricles
sinoatrial (SA) node
- does not require active neural signaling
- impulse starts here
- beginning of impulse
- contracts atrium
- superior part of right atrium
atrioventricular (AV) node
- signal from the sinoatrial node
- must pass here to atrioventricular bundle (lines of transmission)
- within the cardiac muscle
- branches to left and right
- go to purkinje fibers
- ventricles contract from inferior to superior
epicardium
- visceral layer of the serous pericardium
- surrounds the heart
- outer layer of the heart wall
- areolar connective tissue and fat
- binds the simple squamous epithelium -> producing the serous fluid
ventricular systole and diastole
-measure blood pressure
heart innervation
- dont need signaling to beat
- sympathetic innervation- via vagus nerve -> increase in heart rate
- parasympathetic innervation- via cervical sympathetic ganglion (superior in sympathetic chain) -> decrease heart rate
- cell body is within sympathetic ganglion
coronary circulation
- pressure is too high and fast for heart
- aorta -> left coronary artery -> anterior interventricular circumflex
- aorta -> right coronary artery -> marginal posterior interventricular
- great cardiac vein -> coronary sinus -> right atrium
- small cardiac vein and middle cardiac vein -> coronary sinus -> right atrium
arteries
- blood pressure
- away from the heart
- branches get smaller
- oxygenated in the systemic system
- oxygenates the tissues
- narrower lumen -> higher blood pressure
- no valves
- tunica media thickest (middle layer)
- more elastic
- elastic arteries (many elastic fibers) -> muscular arteries (more smooth muscle fibers) -> arteriole (< 6 smooth muscle layers)
veins
- adult circulation
- towards the heart
- branches get larger
- deoxygenated in the systemic system
- larger lumen
- valves -> prevents back flow
- required bc lower blood pressure
- tunica externa thickest (outer layer)
- less elastic
- large vein -> medium veins (many valves) -> venule
capillaries
- pulmonary
- systemic
- portal systems
- tiny
- connect arteries to veins
- just tunica intima
- basement membrane of endothelium
- precapillary sphincters RELAX between arterioles and capillary
- blood flows into true capillaries
- nutrients are delivered
- 5-10 cycles per minute
- precapillary sphincters CONTRACT
- blood flows directly into veins
- no nutrients delivered
layers of arteries and veins
- tunica intima- inner most:
- endothelium (continuous with internal layer of the heart)
- elastic tissue (especially for arteries)
- tunica media- middle layer:
- smooth muscle- reduce diameter and helps push blood through
- regulates blood pressure and how much blood is going where
- tunica externa- outer layer:
- collagen and elastic fibers
- nerves and lymphatics
- vasa vasorum (blood vessels) -> helps oxygen and nutrients move from the artery to the tissues (especially for large arteries)
-these layers are in veins and arteries
blood flow
-heart -> artery -> arteriole -> capillary -> venule -> vein -> heart
muscular artery
-have more smooth muscle compared to elastic artery (has more elastic)
what type of blood vessel is subjected to the highest blood pressure
- artery
- left ventricle pumps blood into aorta -> has much thicker wall
- large arteries are receiving the full pressure from the ventricle contraction
- pressure decreases from there due to branching
- specially the elastic arteries
arteriole
-< 6 smooth muscle layers
tunica intima of arteries
- endothelium
- elastic tissue
- allows for expansion and recoil -> maintain round shape
- pressure reservoir -> aborb blood flow from the left ventricle of the heart without damage
- acts with each ventricular diastole (relaxation) to propel blood -> allows for a continuous flow
- elastic recoil continues to push blood forward during diastole
tunica media of arteries
- smooth muscles
- affect blood pressure
- contraction increases blood pressure
- relaxation to decrease blood pressure -> increases blood to tissue
- thicker within the arteries
structure of veins
- blood pressure is lower
- fighting against gravity
- skeletal muscle pump- staying active -> skeletal muscles surrounding will contract and increase pressure -> blood is pushed towards the heart
- valves- as blood moves up the vein -> pressure fills up cups in valves -> avoids back flow
- combination of valves and skeletal muscle pump pushes blood forward and prevents back flow
varicose veins
- some of the fluid is allows to back flow and pool
- pooling of blood leads to high pressure in the veins
- pushes plasma and fluid out
- usually in legs or inferiorly
- use compression socks
respiratory pump
- area surrounding the veins when there is high pressure -> pushes the blood upwards toward the heart
- areas where there is low pressure will receive blood
- action of the diaphragm
- when diaphragm contracts -> increases the volume of thorax -> reduces the pressure -> low pressure in lungs -> increases pressure in abdomen -> pushes on veins -> pushes on veins in the abdomen towards the thorax
- diaphragm relaxes -> smaller volume of thorax -> higher pressure in thorax -> low pressure abdomen -> pushes venous blood towards the heart
continuous capillaries
- lung
- skeletal muscles
- endothelial cells are touching each other
- continuous cell membrane
- gas can pass through but cells cant
fenestrated capillaries
- kidney- filtration
- intestines- transmission of larger molecule nutrients
- endocrine glands- hormones pass into blood
- endothelial cells have holes in them
- holes allow for the passage of fluid easily
- larger molecules are dissolved in the fluid
sinusoid (discontinuous) capillaries
- liver
- spleen- rbcs pass
- red marrow- blood cells
- fats and cells are passing through
blood pressure
- brachial artery on inner arm
- larger arteries have higher blood pressure
- sphygmomanometer
- first beats- systolic pressure
- beats stop- diastolic pressure
- increase pressure in the sleeve until you cant hear -> stops blood flow
- 120/80-140/90
- higher is hypertension -> caused by artherosclerosis
pulmonary circulation
- right ventricle -> pulmonary artery -> lungs
- gas exchange between alveoli and capillaries
- pulmonary arteries pass deoxygenated blood to capillary beds of alveoli
- pulmonary veins bring oxygenated blood to the left atrium
which valve prevents blood in systemic circulation from flowing backwards into the heart
-aortic valve
anastamoses
- permit collateral circulation
- collateral circulation- multiple parallel paths of circulation that start at the same point and end at the same point
- smaller vessels can merge or go into larger vessels
- circle of willis
portal systems
- 2 sets of capillaries connected by larger vessels (portal vein)
- transports products to next region without being distributed by the heart (high concentrations)
- if a product exists in the first capillary bed it will go to the second capillary bed in high concentration without being distributed anywhere else first
portal systems: hypothalamic-hypophyseal
- hepatic
- nephronic
- capillaries in- hypothalamus anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis)
hepatic portal system
- transmits from the capillaries surrounding digestive system towards the liver
- filters products that are digested
- maintains a high concentration of digested product from the digestion system to the liver before going to heart
nephronic portal system
- capillaries in glomerulus and peritubular capillaries
- associated with structures of filtration, reabsorption, and secretion
lymphatic system
- takes fluid from the circulatory system that is ejected
- organ system
- similar to and intimately associated with the cardiovascular system
- returns interstitial fluid to blood stream
- transport products of fat digestion
- fats arnt filtered
- filter foreign substances and dead cells from lymph in nodes and from blood in spleen
- comprise part of immune system
four components of lymphatic system
- lymph
- lymph vessels
- lymph organs: nodes, spleen, thymus
- diffuse patches of lymphatic tissue: tonsils and peyers patches