Cardiovascular

Question 1

Innermost layer, lining the atria and the ventricles is what cardiac tunic?

Answer 1

Endocardium

Question 2

Consists of cardiac muscle cells is what cardiac tunic?

Answer 2

Myocardium

Question 3

External surface is covered by a simple squamous epithelium is what cardiac tunic?

Answer 3

Epicardium

Question 4

The cardiac skeleton has what kind of CT tissue?

Answer 4

Dense collagenous CT

Question 5

What kind of fibers originate and insert into the cardiac skeleton?

Answer 5

Myocardial fibers

Question 6

What vascular tunic has internal elastic membrane, subendothelial CT, and endothelium and its basal lamina?

Answer 6

Tunica intima

Question 7

What vascular tunic is made up of circular smooth muscle tissue and fibroblasts and contains collagen and elastic fibers?

Answer 7

Tunica media

Question 8

Which vascular tunic has vasa vasorum and nervi vasorum and is the outermost layer?

Answer 8

Tunica adventitia

Question 9

What are 3 types of elastic arteries

Answer 9

Aorta, pulmonary trunk, and large branches of the aorta

Question 10

Muscular arteries include:

Answer 10

All named arteries of body except elastic arteries

Question 11

T/F: thickness of smooth muscle layer decreases as diameter becomes smaller in muscular arteries?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

T/F: arterioles thickness of smooth muscle layer increases as diameter becomes smaller

Answer 12

False; decreases as diameter becomes smaller

Question 13

Muscle, brain, thymus, bone, lung, are types of examples where this type of capillary is found

Answer 13

Continuous capillary

Question 14

Intestinal villi, choroid plexus, ciliary processes of the eyes are examples where this type of capillary is found

Answer 14

Fenestrated capillary

Question 15

Liver and spleen are examples of where this type of capillary is found

Answer 15

Discontinuous capillary (sinusoid)

Question 16

Veins, in comparison to arteries, have these 3 characteristics

Answer 16

Larger lumen, thinner wall, and valves

Question 17

Single layer of endothelial cells, basal lamina may be absent, anchoring filaments, valves are characteristic of what type of capillaries?

Answer 17

Lymphatic capillaries