INTRO TO CVS Flashcards
transport system of body
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
It comprises blood, heart and blood vessels.
The system SUPPLIES NUTRIENTS to and remove waste products from various tissue of body.
The CONVEYING MEDIA is liquid IN FORM OF BLOOD which flows in close tubular system.
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Heart pumps blood through
BLOOD VESSELS
_____ transport blood
BLOOD VESSELS
RBC
ERYTHROCYTES
WBC
LEUCOCYTES
the FLUID PORTION of the blood
PLASMA
3 TYPES OF BLOOD CELLS
ERYTHROCYTES
LEUCOCYTES
THROMBOCYTES
a four chambered, hollow muscular organ approximately the size of your fist
HEART
ensure one-way flow
HEART VALVES
Heart separates _____ and _______ circulations
PULMONARY & SYSTEMIC
A closed network of tubes
BLOOD VESSELS
TYPES OF BLOOD VESSELS
ARTERIES
CAPILLARIES
VEINS
- THICK WALLED tubes
- ELASTIC Fibers
- Circular SMOOTH Muscle
ARTERIES
DISTRIBUTING CHANNEL
ARTERIES
- One cell thick
- Serves the RESPIRATORY system
CAPILLARIES
MICROSCOPIC VESSELS
CAPILLARIES
DRAINING CHANNEL
VEINS
- blood vessels that carry blood AWAY from the heart
- they are the THICKEST blood vessels and they carry blood HIGH in oxygen known as OXYGENATED BLOOD (oxygen rich blood)
ARTERIES
smooth muscle cells & elastic fibers
TUNICA MEDIA
collagen fibers
TUNICA ADVENTITIA
endothelium that LINES THE LUMEN of all vessels
TUNICA INTIMA
- Accompanied by vein and nerves
- Lumen is small
- No valves
- Repeated branching
ARTERIES
CLASSIFICATION OF ARTERIES
ELASTIC
MUSCULAR
ARETERIOLES