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A9- Blood and Blood Vessels Flashcards

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You have an expansive network of tubes inside your body designed to transport blood to and from the body and lungs

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Blood Vessels

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aorta

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the largest blood vessel in the
body, connected directly to the heart; the
aorta branches into arteries that carry
oxygenated blood to the body tissues

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A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart towards the body tissues is called an…

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artery

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When are arteries nto carrying oxygenated blood?

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The one exception to this rule is your pulmonary artery because it carries deoxygenated blood from right atrium to the lungs

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The walls of the arteries are made of 3 layers of tissue

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An outer layer of connective tissue
A middle layer of smooth muscle
A inner layer of epithelial (Endothelim) cells

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What does the feeling of your pulse really mean?

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you are actually feeling blood being forced through your arteries due to the contraction of your heart

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TRUE OR FALSE: Arteries have valaves?

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FALSE

Arteries do NOT contain valves!

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As arteries branch off, they get smaller and smaller along the way
These smaller vessels are called the…

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arterioles

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What happen to artieris when heart conmtratcs and send blood around body?

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Arteries expand

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TRUE OR FALSE: Outer layer of arteries has elastain fibers that gives vessels elasticity

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TRUE

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arteriole

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the smallest artery, with smooth
muscle in its walls

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vasodilation

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an increase in the diameter
(dilation) of arterioles that increases the
blood flow to tissues

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vasoconstriction

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a decrease in the
diameter of arterioles that decreases the
blood fl ow to tissues

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What type of muscle does arterioles have in their walls?

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Smooth muscle in the walls

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How do arterioles regulate their diamter?

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nerves

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What gives our faces a flushed look?

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Nerve impluses in the smooth muscle in the arterioles in the skin can relax, which increases diamteter of blood vessles to give a flushed look

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When smooth muscle inarterioles are relaxed…

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diameter of bkood vessels increase which open the vessel

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When body is cold what happenes to the vessels?

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Vessels can close to restrict blood flow to skin to prevetn loss of heat

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When an arteriole reaches the body tissue, it branches into the smallest vessel called …

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capillaries

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The walls of capillaries are only…

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one cell layer thick and wide

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What do caplilaires do?

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provide oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body

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Where are capilaries found?

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often are found in networks called capillaries beds

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Capillaires facilitie exchange of…

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waste, nutrients, gases, hormones between blood and body cells

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How do nutrients and gasses like CO2 and O2 diffuse in capillaires?

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Through the membrane

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How do larger materails move through capillaries?
move through fluid filled spaces with capiliar cell mebranes
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Interstial fluid contains...
-water -nuittents -gases -wastes -small protiens
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Why is it a good thing that speed of bloodflow drops quickly while blood is forced into capalliaries?
Enchances diffusion
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Higher fluid pressure on arterial side of capillary netwirk cause water to...
diffuse from blood into tissue fluid
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Reduced concentration of water in blood increases the...
concentration of discolved substances and protiens in the blood increases the concentration of dissolved substanes and protiens in the blood as it corsses the capiliary network
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Pre-capillary spinchinter
Is where the arteriole branches into a capillary. Th ese sphincter muscles serve the same function as the dilation and constriction of arterioles.
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What does the pre-capillary sphincter do when blood is not needed?
the pre-capillary sphincters contract and reduce blood fl ow
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What does the pre-capillary sphincter do when blood is needed?
arterioles and sphincters are fully relaxed, and the blood fl ow to the muscles is increased.
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venule
the smallest vein; formed by the merging of capillaries
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After the oxygen has diffused out of and the carbon dioxide has diffused into the blood, it needs to return to heart and lungs After the capillary bed, it will enter...
venules
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Venules and veins carry...
wastes and carbon dioxide back to the heart and lungs where it can be expelled
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Veins almost always carry...
deoxygenated blood away from the tissues and towards the heart
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The one exception in veins is...
the pulmonary vein because it carries oxygenated blood away from the lungs and towards the heart (i.e. the left atrium)
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Veins have the same three layer structure as arteries but...
but have a thinner layer of muscle and a wider opening
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Valves and skeletal muscle contractions helps the blood...
fight gravity and push back towards the heart
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Most veins contain valves that can...
open and close
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TRUE OR FALSE: Arteries have lower blood pressure then veins
False - Veins have lower blood pressure
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Why do arteries have thicker walls?
- so that they can handle high pressure of blood moving through them and transport blood around the body
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Why are veins thinner?
- blood in veins has less pressure
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3 major types of blood vessels?
- Arteries - Veins - Capiliares
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Cells dump ____ into caoiularies and back into the the blood they go
CO2
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Capilary beds aid with?
- Exchange nutrients -regulate blood pressure role in thermoregulation
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Cells send theri CO2 to the...
Venal end of the capilairy exchange - Capillaries unite into venuls and merge into veins which go back to the heart
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Why do pressure in the vessels need to be dropping?
Because fluid is always flowing from high to low pressure
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V.enus valves
Since veins have low blood pressrue these valves prevent blood from flwoing backwards - Without we would deal with hemorids
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Veins have a more broad lumen which allows for them to handle...
larger volumes of blood.
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Blood
the red fluid that circulates throughout our blood vessels
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bloods function
to act as the fluid in our body’s transport system, useful in immune system too
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Why are blood donors important?
Because there is no real sub for blood
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erythrocytes
Red blood cells. They are binocave shaped cells
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Why is the shape of the red blood cell important
This cell shape is advantageous because it increases the surface area which allows for more gas exchange
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Function of red blood cells?
to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body and carbon dioxide from the body back to the lungs
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What does O2 attach to?
hemoglobinc
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serum
m the fluid that results when the cells, platelets, and fibrinogen have been removed from whole blood
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Red blood cells are formed in..
stem cells in the marrow of the vertebrae, ribs, breastbone, skull, and arm and leg bones
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What happens when red blood cells die?
After about 120 days in circulation, they will die and will be removed from the body by the liver or spleen
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Oxygen is transported by the erythrocytes around the body and diffuses...
from the blood into the tissue fluid, and from the tissue fluid into each cell.
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leukocytes
White blood cells
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Function of leukocytes
are your body’s first line of defense against harmful bacteria, viruses and organisms
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What process do leukocytes go through when they want to distroy something?
phagocytosis
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How are white blood cells formed?
formed in the bone marrow
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Phagocytosis
involves engulfing the bacteria within the cell membrane. One the cell has engulfed the target, enzyems are then released asd destroy the target and the leukocyte itself
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pus
a yellowish-white fluid formed in infected tissue, consisting of white blood cells and cellular debris
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2 catagories of leuckocytes
- granular -agranular
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Granular
- smaller grain in cytoplasma - granules contain different chemicals to attack forgien materials - attraced to killing bacteria
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Types of gunular leuckocytes
Types: -neutrophils - eosinophils -basophils
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Agraunlar
- engulfs bacteria
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Types of Agraunlar leuckocytes
-lymphocytes, monocytes - monocytes grow into macrophage which clean up debris in our blood
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platelet
a cell fragment in the blood that is necessary for blood clotting
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How are platelets produced?
produced from stem cells in the bone marrow
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Function of platelets?
They are essential in the blood clotting - When a blood vessel is broken, the platelets form a clot so that too much blood isn’t lost
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Stem cells
Stem cells, specifically blood stem cells, are immature cells that can develop into any cell present in the bloodstream. Without stem cells, the body cannot make the blood cells needed for the immune system to function.
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When patients need a stem cell transplant, it means...
their bone marrow (stem cell factory) has failed due to an illness
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3 ways to donate stem cells?
- Bone marrow -Phripheral Bloo dtsem cells (in bloodstream) - Unblilical cord
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Plasma
a protein-rich liquid in which blood cells and platelets are suspended -It is yellow in colour and will rise to the top if you were to centrifuge a blood sample
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What is the makeup of plasma
90% water but also has many dissolved substances in it including oxygen, proteins, glucose, minerals, etc.
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blood proteins present in plasma include...
albumins, globulins, and fibrinogen
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albumins
dtermine how much water enters and leaves bloodstream through osmosis
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globulins
transports lips, chlostrol, fats
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Fibrinogen
helps with blood clotting
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Blood compostion
55% Plasma 40-45% Red Blood Cells 0.7-1% White Blood Cells Less than 1% Platelets
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What are the eight blood groups?
A+ A- B+ B- O+ O- AB+ AB-
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How is blood type determined?
- The presences or absence of sugars called markers on the cell memebrane of erythrocytes
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What are the 2 marks?
A and B
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If someone has none of the markers what blood type would they have?
Type O
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Why does incompabalilty occur with blood types?
Because marker act as antigens - When immune system finds antigen it blocks blood vessels and prevnts circulation
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Why is type O a universal blood type?
-has no markers so everyone can take it but people with this blood type can obnly take type O blood
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Explain donation process of type AB
- Type AB can take all blood types since they have both marks but cannot give their blood to all other blood types
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RH system
- Another antigens -You either have all 45 different antigens or you have none of them
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RH+
- If you have all 45 antigens you're RH+ - You can take + or -
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RH-
- If you don't have all 45 then you're RH- - You can only take -
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CBC
- Complete blood count - A hemocytometer is used to estimate # of ethrocytes, leuckocytes and platelets in a volume of blood
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Group A blood
Antibodies= Anti-B Antigens= A antigen
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Group B blood
Antibodies= Anti-A Antigens= B antigen
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Group AB blood
Antibodies= none Antigens=A and B antigen
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Group O blood
Antibodies= Anti-A adn Anti-B Antigens= none
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Artifical blood
- Currently people are tying to be artifical blood because a supply of blood may nto always be safe - They're fopcusing on the transport function of blood Currently there is two works in progress: -hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (uses cow or human blood, but cou8ld have a toxic effect on kidneys) - perfluorocarbon emulsions (synethic)
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