A+P II - UNIT 2 LECTURE Flashcards
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What is the order of blood flow through arteries from largest to smallest?
Elastic
Muscular
Arterioles
Which tunic is thickest in arteries?
Tunica Media
Which tunic layer is thicker in veins?
Tunica Externa
What vessels are involved in gas and nutrient exchange?
Capillaries
Which is the most abundant capillary?
Continuous
What extra structure do veins have that arteries do not?
Valves
What are the functions of valves in veins?
- Prevent backflow
- Channel blood back to the heart
_____ forces fluid out of the capillary wall to the tissues at the arteriole side.
Filtration
_____ pulls fluid back into the venous side of the capillary.
Osmosis
_____ is when substances leave or enter the circulatory system following a concentration gradient.
Diffusion
Exchange between a blood vessel and the cells that surround it can occur only in _____.
capillaries
After you take blood pressure on your patient, they ask what the reading of 120/80 means.
- How would you explain what 120 represents?
- How would you explain what 80 represents?
- How would you explain what category their blood pressure of 120/80 fits into?
- It represents the pressure in the brachial artery when the heart’s ventricles contract (systolic blood pressure).
- It represents the pressure in the brachial artery when the heart’s relaxed (diastolic blood pressure).
- 120/80 is normal blood pressure.
Total peripheral resistance is related to all of the following, except?
a. Blood viscosity
b. Blood vessel length
c. Osmolarity of interstitial fluids
d. Blood vessel diameter.
c. Osmolarity of interstitial fluids
Smooth muscle in blood vessels is located in the tunica _____.
media
Which of the following acts as blood reservoirs?
a. Arteries
b. Arterioles
c. Capillaris
d. Veins
d. Veins
The order of blood flow through the vessels is:
- Arteries
- Arterioles
- Capillaries
- Venules
- Veins
Which blood vessel carries blood from the lungs to the heart?
Pulmonary veins
Which statement is true of veins?
a. They always carry non-oxygenated blood.
b. They can be either muscular or elastic.
c. They always carry blood back to the heart.
d. All of the above are true of veins.
c. They always carry blood back to the heart.
What blood vessel is called a resistance vessel?
Arterioles
What blood vessel contains precapillary sphincters?
Metarterioles
TRUE OR FALSE?
Precapillary sphincters are located in venules.
False
TRUE OR FALSE?
Veins always carry deoxygenated blood.
False
TRUE OR FALSE?
Arteries always carry blood away from the heart.
True
Where are the sensors located for the baroreflex feedback loop?
- Aortic arch
- Carotid sinuses