The Circulatory System Flashcards
Pumps and directs blood cells and substances carried in blood to all tissues of the body.
Circulatory system
Propels blood through the system
Heart
Carry blood from the heart to the tissues
Arteries
Sites of O2 and CO2 nutrient, and waste product exchange between blood and tissues
Capillaries
The capillaries form a complex network of thin, anastomosing tubules called _______
Microvasculature
Carry blood towards the heart to be pumped again
Veins
Where blood is oxygenated in the lungs
Pulmonary circulation
Where blood brings nutrients and removes wastes in tissues throughout the body
Systemic circulation
A simple squamous epithelium that lines the internal surface of all components of the blood and lymphatic systems
Endothelium
Contracts rhythmically, with pumping the blood through the circulatory system
Cardiac muscle
The circulatory system consists of the …
Heart
Arteries
Veins
Microvascular beds
Consists typically of contractile cardiac muscle fibers.
Myocardium
T or F. Because a strong force is required to pump blood through the systemic and pulmonary circulations, the myocardium is much thicker in the walls of the atrial walls than in the blood walls of the ventricles.
False. Myocardium is much thicker in the walls of the ventricles, particularly the left, than in the atrial walls
This separates the musculature of the atria from that of the ventricle, forms part or the interventricular and interatrial septa, and extends int the valve cusps and the chordae tendineae to which they are attached.
Cardiac skeleton
It surrounds, anchors, and support all heart valves
Cardiac skeleton
It provides firm points of insertion for cardiac muscle in the atria and ventricles
Cardiac skeleton
Its helps coordinate the heartbeat by acting as electrical insulation between atria and ventricles
Cardiac skeleton
This makes up the impulse conducting system of the heart that is specialized to generate and conduct waves of depolarization which stimulate rhythmic contractions in adjacent myocardial fibers.
Modified cardiac muscle cells
Pacemaker
Sinoatrial node
These are pale-staining fibers, larger than the adjacent contractile fibers, with sparse, peripheral myo-fibrils, and much glycogen
Purkinje fibers
A simple squamous mesothelium supported by a layer of loose connective tissue containing blood vessels and nerves.
Epicardium
Membrane surrounding the heart
Pericardium
A lubricant fluid that prevents friction within the percardium.
Percardial fluid
A fibrous network that serves as an attachment for the cardiac skeleton and various valve
Chordae tendineae
These are necessary for the contraction of the heart
Atrioventricular (AV) bundle
Conducting System
a. SA node - AV node - Subendocardial conducting network - AV bundle
b. AV node - SA node - AV bundle - Subendocardial conducting network
c. SA node - AV node - AV bundle - Subendocardial conducting network
C. SA node - AV node - AV bundle - Subendocardial conducting network
Initiates the electrical impulse for contraction (heartbeat) and spreads it through the ventricular myocardium
cardiac conducting system
Core of the valve and contains fibrous extensions from the dense irregular connective tissue of the skeletal rings of the heart.
Fibrosa
Acts as a shock absorber to dampen vibration associated with the cosing of the valve
Spongiosa
Fibrous threadlike chords also covered w/ endothelium
Ventricularis
Specialized epithelium that acts as a semipermeable barrier between two major internal compartments: the blood and the interstitial tissue fluid.
Endothelium
A surface presented by the endothelium which blood will not clot and actively secrete agents that control local clot formation.
nonthrombogenic surface