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32 Cards in this Set
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Blood vessels: Direct _____ ______ Regulate ____ ____ Exchange _____ |
Blood flow Blood pressure Gasses
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Arteries carry Blood to ______from _____
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Body Heart |
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Arteries: Have thicker wall than ______ to withstand ______ _____ |
Veins Blood pressure |
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Arteries branch into small arteries called ______ |
Arterioles |
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Smallest and thinnest blood vessels |
Capillaries |
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Capillaries are fed by ______ and drained by _____ |
Arterioles Venules (small vein) |
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Capillaries are the site of _____ and ____ exchange. Also exchange between tissue cells and ______ |
Gas Nutrient Blood |
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Veins are blood vessels that carry ____ to _____ |
Blood Heart |
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Large veins may contain ____ to prevent backflow of blood |
Valves |
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Venous return is the rate of ____ _____ back to the ______ |
Blood flow Heart |
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Tunicas are _______ of blood vessels |
Coatings |
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Tunica veins and arteries have _____ tunicas |
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Tunica ______ is the inner most layer, with _____ _______ epithelium |
Intima Simple squamous
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Tunica _____ is the middle 2nd layer with _____ muscle and elastic ____ _____ |
Media Smooth Con tissue |
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Tunica _______ is responsible for ______ and contraction of blood vessel |
Media Dilation |
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Outer layer of blood vessels are known as the _____ ______ |
Tunica externa |
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Pulse is the _____ and ____ of ______ wall created in the blood by the contraction of the ______ ventricle. |
Expansion and recoil Arterial Left |
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Blood pressure exerts on the _____ ____ of the blood vessles |
Inner walls |
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______ of wall helps maintain blood pressure |
Elasticity |
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Systolic pressure is the peak of _____ ______ |
Ventricular Contraction |
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Diastolic contraction is when the heart is ______ beats |
Between |
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______ output is the amount of blood _____ ____ _____ |
Cardiac Pumped per minute |
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The resistance of blood flow through all BV |
Peripheral resistance |
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Factors of BP include |
Diet Length of blood vessles Blood volume |
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Hypotension would include a BP around |
90/60 |
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Capillary Exchange occures down _____ |
Gradients |
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Blood pressure is going to flow from _____ pressure in arteries to low pressure in _____. Called _______ |
High Veins Gradient |
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______ helps regulate blood pressure by acting on the _______ NS or _____ NS |
Baroreceptors Sympathetic Parasympathetic |
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Venous return to heart is aided by _____, ______, and ______ |
Valves Skeletal muscle Respiratory movements from diaphragm |
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Large veins may contain _____ to prevent _____ of blood |
Valves Backflow |
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Capillaries have a ______ layer of tunic , called the ____ ____ |
Single Tunica intima |
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Vericose veins form when the _____ in the veins are undergoing extra ______ |
Valves Pressure |
