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IX - Circulatory System Flashcards

1
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Heart: inner layer of endothelium and subendothelial connective tissue

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endocardium

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Heart: middle muscular layer

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myocardium

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3
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Heart: connective tissue with many adipocytes and covered by mesothelium

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epicardium

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Cardiac Conducting System

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SA node, AV node, AV bundle of His, Purkinje fibers

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Cardiac Conducting System: just beneath the endocardium of both ventricles

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Purkinje fibers

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Cardiac Conducting System: greater diameter, abundant glycogen, sparse bundle of myfibrils

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Purkinje fibers

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BV Layers: large vein

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tunica externa, media, intima, endothelium

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BV Layers: elastic artery

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tunica externa, media, intima (internal elastic layer, endothelium)

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BV Layers: medium vein

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tunica externa, media, intima, endothelium

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10
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BV Layers: muscular artery

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tunica externa, media, intima, endothelium

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BV Layers: venule

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tunica externa, endothelium

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BV Layers: arteriole

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smooth muscle cells (tunica media), endothelium, basal lamina

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BV Layers: fenestrated capillaries

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endothelial cells with pores

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BV Layers: continuous capillaries

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endothelial cells without pores

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15
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BV: thick walls with small lumen, rounded

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arteries

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BV: thin walls with large lumen, flattened

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veins

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Artery Layers: endothelium appears wavy due to the constriction of smooth muscle, internal elastic membrane present in larger vessels

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Tunica Intima

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Artery Layers: thickest layers, smooth muscle, elastic fibers, external elastic membrane present in larger vessels

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Tunica Media

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Artery Layers: thinner than tunica media in all but the largest arteries, collagen, elastic fibers, nervi vasorum, vasa vasorum

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Tunica Adventitia

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Vein Layers: endothelium appears smooth, no internal elastic membrane

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Tunica Intima

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Vein Layers: thinner than tunica adventitia, smooth muscle cells, collagen fibers, nervi vasorum, vasa vasorum, no external elastic membrane

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Tunica Media

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Vein Layers: thickest layer, collagen, smooth fibers, some smooth muscle fibers, nervi vasorum, vasa vasorum

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Tunica Adventitia

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Capillaries: many tight junctions, all exchange occur through cells

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continuous

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Capillaries: small pores

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fenestrated

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Capillaries: larger lumen, large spaces between endothelial cells, discontinuous basal lamina

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discontinuous, sinusoids

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Arteries: direction of blood flow

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away from heart

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Arteries: appearance

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rounded

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Arteries: pressure

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high

29
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Arteries: wall thickness

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thick

30
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Arteries: oxygen concentration

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high - systemic, low - pulmonary

31
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Arteries: valves

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not present

32
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Veins: direction of blood flow

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towards heart

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Veins: appearance

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flattened

34
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Veins: pressure

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low

35
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Veins: wall thickness

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thin

36
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Veins: oxygen concentration

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low - systemic, high - pulmonary

37
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Veins: valves

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present in most, limbs, inferior to the heart

38
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Collect excess interstitial fluid (lymph) from tissue spaces and return it to blood, distribute lymphocytes, antibodies, other immune components

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Lymphatic Circulation

39
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Lymphatic Circulation

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lymphatic capillaries/lymphatics → lymphatic vessels → thoracic duct/right lymphatic duct

40
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Lymphatics are found in most organs except

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CNS, bone marrow

41
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Lymphatic Vessels: Structure

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similar to veins but with thinner walls and no distinct separation between tunics, (+) valves

42
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Location of endothelium

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Tunica Intima

43
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Nevi vasorum control

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vasoconstriction and vasodilation

44
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Closer to the heart, arteries are expected to have a higher percentage of

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elastic fibers

45
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Leaky type of capillary in the liver

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sinusoid capillary

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