Week 1 Part 2 Flashcards
What are the three layers of blood vessel?
Vascular intima (inner layer)
Vascular media (middle layer)
Vascular adventitia (outer layer)
provides interface between circulating blood throughout
the body
Vascular intima
its endothelial surface is usually inert to platelets and
coagulation (termed as non-thrombogenic surface)
Vascular intima
if the lining is disrupted, the injured vessel and its adjacent vessel constricts (vasoconstriction)
Vascular intima
Tunica intima
the innermost lining of blood vessels is a monolayer of
metabolically active _____________.
Endothelial cells
Anticoagulant Properties of Vascular Intima
Prostacyclin
Nitric Oxide
Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor
Thrombomodulin
Heparan sulfate
Platelet inhibitor
Prostacyclin (PGI2)
Vasodilator
Prostacyclin
Synthesized through the eicosanoid pathway
Prostacyclin
Induces smooth muscle relaxation (vasodilation)
Nitric oxide
Inhibits platelet activation
Nitric oxide
Promotes angiogenesis
Nitric oxide
Synthesized in ECs, vascular smooth muscle cells, neutrophils, and macrophages
Nitric oxide
Controls activation of the tissue factor pathway
Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor
Limits the activation of the TF:VIIa:Xa complex
Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor
Facilitated by the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR)
Thrombomodulin
Serves as a cofactor in protein C activation when
bound to thrombin
Thrombomodulin
A glycosaminoglycan that enhances the activity of
antithrombin
Heparan sulfate
Present a smooth, contiguous surface
Vascular endothelium is composed of rhomboid cells
eicosanoid platelet inhibitor
Prostacyclin
A vascular “relaxing” factor
Nitric oxide
An anticoagulant that regulates thrombin generation
heparan sulfate
A regulator of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation
TFPI