Systemic Circulation Flashcards
What are conducting arteries?
Carry blood from the heart to other organs.
What are distributing arteries?
Medium sized arteries
If arteries have high elastin component then what happens?
High elastin component dampens the blood pressure from heart contractions
Capillaries are large enough for ____________ to pass along one at a time.
erythrocytes
What does the merging of venules form?
Larger blood vessels called tributaries
What do veins carry?
Carry blood from tissues back to the heart.
Where is the vasa vasorum located?
In the walls of larger blood vessels.
What does the vasa vasorum do?
Supplies oxygen and nutrients to those larger blood vessels.
Which tunica of the artery is the most thick?
Tunica media
Which tunica is the most elastic?
Tunica media
Which muscle is part of the artery wall? What does it do?
Smooth muscle, vasoconstriction/dilation
Which tunica of the artery is mostly collagen fibers?
Tunica externa.
What does the tunica externa do?
Protects vessels, anchors it to surrounding structures.
Which are considered resistance vessels?
Arterioles
Which are considered exchange vessels?
Capillaries
What plays a key role in regulating blood flow into capillaries?
Arterioles
Capillaries connect which 2 things?
Connects arterioles and venules
No capillaries are found in the……
Lining epithelia, cornea, lens and cartilage.
Which tunicas does the capillary have/not have?
Have - tunica interna
DONT HAVE - no tunica externa and media
What type of epithelium are the capillaries?
Simple Squamous Epithelium
1 metaarteriole supplies _______ capillaries.
10-100
Where do the venules collect/drain blood from?
collects from several capillaries, drains into veins
How is the pumping of venous blood back to the heart done through?
its done thru pumping of the heart, contraction of skeletal muscles in lower limbs, valve found in the veins.
Each valve has _________ folds of tunica interna forming cusps projecting towards the heart.
2 or more