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The Vascular System Flashcards

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What are the 5 types of blood vessels?

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Arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins.

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What do arteries do?

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They carry blood away from the heart.

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What are the 3 layers of an artery?

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Endothelium, Smooth Muscle, and the outer layer.

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What is Vasoconstriction?

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It is a decrease in the diameter of the blood vessel lumen.

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What is vasodilation?

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It is an increase in the diameter of the blood vessel lumen.

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What are Arterioles?

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These are small arteries that deliver blood to the capillaries.
They do this through constriction and dilation.

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What do arterioles play a key role in?

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Regulating the blood flow from the arteries and capillaries.

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What are capillaries?

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They are microscopic blood vessels that connect arteriolesto venules.

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What are capillaries also known as?

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The exchange vessels

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What do capillaries do?

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They exchange waste and nutrients between the body’s cells and the blood.

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What do veins carry?

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Deoxygenated blood

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Where do veins empty all their deoxygenated blood too?

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The right atrium

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Where do the Superior Vena Cava, the Inferior Vena Cava, and the Coronary Sinus empty into?

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The Right Atrium

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What helps regulate Heart Rate and Stroke volume?

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The Cardiovascular centre in the medulla oblongata.

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what is the medulla oblongata?

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It is the connection between the brain stem and the spinal cord and has many important centers.

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What are the 3 main types of sensory receptors found in the cardiovascular center?

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Proprioceptors, Baroreceptors and chemoreceptors.

17
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What does Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone (RAA) systemdo?

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The kidneys secrete the enzyme renin to increase Blood pressure.

18
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What do Epinephrine and norepinephrinedo?

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Sympathetic stimulation increases cardiac output.

19
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What does Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)cause?

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Vasoconstriction and increased blood pressure.

20
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What does Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)cause?

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The atria of the heart causes vasodilation and lowers blood pressure

21
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What are the 3 age-related changes to blood vessels?

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1) Arteries can become less elastic.
2) Calcium deposits on the vessel walls.
3) Thrombi can form.

22
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What are the 3 main veins?

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The Superior Vena Cava, the Inferior Vena Cava, and the Coronary Sinus.

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