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What are the 3 layers of vessel walls from innermost to outermost?

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  • Tunica interna
  • Tunica media
  • Tunica externa
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What type of tissue is tunica interna compose of?

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Simple squamous epithelium + thin layer of connective tissue

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Which layer of the vessel wall is the thickest?

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Tunica media

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Why layer of the vessel wall attaches vessel to surrounding connective tissue?

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Tunica externa

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What is the tunica media composed of?

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Elastic fibers + smooth muscle

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____ carry blood away from the heart

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Arteries

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____ carry blood towards the heart

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Veins

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Walls of arteries are ____ than veins

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thicker

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What are the 3 types of arteries?

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  • Elastic arteries
  • Muscular arteries
  • Arterioles
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Arterioles carry blood from ____ arteries to the capillaries

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muscular

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Tunica media of arterioles have ____ smooth muscle

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less

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Arterioles branch further into:

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metarterioles

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What are capillary beds?

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Networks of capillaries that connect metarterioles to venules

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What is the opening of each capillary controlled by?

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Precapillary sphincter

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Is the precapillary sphincter solely locally controlled?

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No

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Where can capillaries be found?

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Near every cell in the body but ore extensive in highly active tissue (muscle, liver, kidneys, brain)

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Where can capillaries not be found?

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Epithelia, cornea and lens of eye, cartilage

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What are the 3 types of capillaries

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  • Continuous
  • Fenestrated
  • Sinusoids
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What is the difference between the 3 types of capillaries?

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  • Continuous (no holes)
  • Fenestrated (some holes)
  • Sinusoids (many holes)
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What are 4 mechanisms through which exchange in capillaries can occur>

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  • Hydrostatic pressure
  • Diffusion across endothelial cells
  • Diffusion through gaps in endothelium
  • Diffusion through pores
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Venules carry blood from ____ to larger ____

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capillaries, veins

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Venules lack tunica ____

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media

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How do veins counteract the fact that BP is too low to overcome gravity?

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Venous valves and skeletal muscle pump the blood back to the heart

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____ contain 2/3 of the total blood volume in the body while ____ and ____ contain 1/3

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Veins, arteries, capillaries

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Rate of blood flow is ____ proportional to pressure gradient and ____ proportional to vascular resistance
directly, inversely
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Rate of blood flow is directly proportional to ____ ____ and inversely proportional to ____ ____
pressure gradient, vascular resistance
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What is peripheral resistance?
Measure of opposition of blood flow through a vessel
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What are the 3 things resistance id dependent on?
- Blood viscosity - Vessel length - Vessel radius
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What is arterial blood pressure?
Force exerted by blood against a vessel wall
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What are 2 things BP is dependent on?
- Volume of blood | - Compliance of vessel walls
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What is systolic pressure?
Peak pressure exerted by ejected blood against vessel walls during systole
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What is diastolic pressure?
Minimum pressure in arteries when blood is draining
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What is the average BP?
120/80
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What is pulse pressure?
Pressure difference between systole and diastole
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What is mean arterial pressure (MAP)?
Average pressure responsible for driving blood forward into the tissues throughout cardiac cycle
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How do you 2 ways calculate MAP?
- Diastolic pressure + 1/3 pulse pressure | - Cardiac output x total peripheral resistance
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Describe vasodilation
Enlargement in circumference + radius of vessel
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Describe vasoconstriction
Narrowing of vessel
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What is the baroreceptor reflex?
Monitoring of BP
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What is hypertension?
BP > 140/90
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What is hypotension
BP < 100/60
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What are the 2 types of hypertensions?
- Primary hypertension | - Secondary hypertension
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What are 4 potential causes of primary hypertension
- Defective salt management in kidneys - Excessive sale intake - Family history - Lifestyle behavior
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What are 2 examples of secondary hypertension?
- Renal hypertension | - Endocrine hypertension
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What are 2 potential causes of hypotension?
- Insufficient blood to fill vessels | - Heart too weak to pump blood
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What is orthostatic (postural) hypotension?
Transient hypotensive condition due to inability to respond to gravitational shifts
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What is edema?
Abnormal increase in interstitial fluid
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What are 2 potential causes of edema from excess filtration?
- Increased BP in hydrostatic pressure at arteriolar end | - Increased permeability of capillaries
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What is 1 potential cause of edema from inadequate reabsorption?
Decrease concentration of plasma proteins
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What are the 2 arteries that branch off the ascending aorta?
Left & right coronary arteries
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What are the 3 vessel branching off the aortic arch?
- Brachiocephalic trunk - Left common carotid - Left subclavian arteries
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What does the brachiocephalic trunk divide into?
Right common carotid and right subclavian artery
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What 2 aortas branch off the descending aorta?
Thoracic & abdominal aorta
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What does the abdominal aorta branch into?
Left & right iliac arteries
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Where are 7 potential pulse taking sites?
- Carotid - Brachial - Radial - Femoral - Popliteal - Dorsalis pedis - Posterior tibialis
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What is a venipuncture?
Puncturing of veins for blood draws or IV starts
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How does blood flow to the placenta?
Umbilical cord through umbilical arteries
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How does blood return from placenta?
Umbilical vein that drains into ductus venosus
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What is the foramen ovvale?
Interatrial opening
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What is the ductus arteriosus?
Vessel connecting pulmonary trunk to aorta
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What is a major cardiovascular change at birth?
When a newborn breathes for the first time, the lungs expand
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What is patent foramen ovale?
Blood recirculates through pulmonary circuit instead of entering left ventricle
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What is patent ductus arteriosus?
Rise in pressure in pulmonary circuit
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What is ventricular septal defect?
Openings in interventricular septum
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What is transposition of great vessels?
Aorta is connected right ventricle, pulmonary artery is connected to left ventricle

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