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18 Cards in this Set
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5 main types of blood vessels |
Arteries Arterioles Capillaries Venules Veins |
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Angiogenisis, definition and purpose |
Growth of new blood vessels Would healing Uterine lining formation Corpus luteum formation Coronary circulation, around obstructions |
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3 layers of blood vessel wall and their generalized tissue types |
Inner : epithelial Middle :smooth muscle and Elastic connective tissue Outer : connective tissue covering |
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3 layers of blood vessel names |
Tunica Interna Tunica Media Tunica externa |
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Tunica Interna, 3 layers? |
Endothelium Basement membrane Internal Elastic lamina |
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What layer of the blood vessel wall shows the greatest variation among different vessel types? |
Tunica Media |
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Chemicals that may stimulate vasodilation? |
Nitric oxide H+ Lactic acid |
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What structure regulates blood vessel Lumen diameter, thus effecting vasodilation or Vasoconstriction? |
Smooth muscle of the Tunica Media |
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2 layers of the Tunica Media? |
Smooth muscle External Elastic lamina |
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Vasa vasorum |
Blood supply to blood vessel tissue located in the Tunica externa |
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Tunica externa fiber types |
Elastic and collagen fibers |
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Roles of Tunica externa |
House nerves and Vasa vasorum Anchor vessels to surround tissue |
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2 types of arteries and examples |
Elastic arteries (aorta, pulmonary trunk, Brachiocephalic, subclavian, common carotid, common iliac) Muscular arteries (Brachial, Radial, Femoral, axillary) |
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End arteries |
Arteries that do not anastomose |
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Anastomoses |
Union of 2 or more arteries to provide alternative routes to the same part of the body Part of collateral circulation |
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Vessels that are responsible for regulating resistance? |
Arterioles |
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MAP |
Mean arterial pressure Diastolic BP + 1/3 (syatolic BP - Diastolic BP) |
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Hypertension |
Persistantly high blood pressure |
