Unit 3 Circulatory Flashcards
CS function
distribution of hormones
transport of waste products to excretory organs
CS components
heart - pump
arteries
veins
capillaries
arteries
- carry blood away from he heart
- vessels get progressively smaller
- thicker wall than veins
- resist changes in BP in larger arteries
- regulate blood flow in arterioles
veins
- return blood to heart
converge into progressively larger vessels - lower pressure then arteries
- thinner walls and larger lumens than corresponding artery
- have endothelial covered valves to ensure one-way flow
capillaries
large number of thin walled vessels
site of exchange between blood and tissue
pulmonary (RS) circuit
receives oxygen poor blood from tissues
pumps blood to lungs to get rid of CO2, pick up O2
systemic (LS) circuit
receives oxygenated blood from lungs
pumps blood to body tissues
atria
thinner walled
receive good from systemic
ventricles
thicker walled
distributes blood to pulmonary or systemic circulation
valves
- maintain unidirectional flow of blood through heart
- atrioventricular valves separate atria from ventricles
- pulmonic valve separates right ventricle from pulmonary trunk
- aortic valve separates left ventricle from ascending aorta
cardiac skeleton
- central region of heart surrounding valves
- dense CT; may become calcified
- provides support for valves and great vessels
- anchors cardiac muscle
- annuli fibrosae
- triton fibrosae
annuli fibrosae
surround valves
triton fibrosae
triangular masses between annuli
heart wall
- endocardium
- myocardium
- epicardium
endocardium
- lined with endothelium
- subendothelium
- wubendocardial layer
subendothelium
loose CT
subendocardial layer
CT, nerves, conducting system of heart (purkinje fibers)