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Anatomy & Physiology - Chapter 19

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Pulmonary veins

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Bring oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium

Two from each lung carry blood into the left atrium

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Pulmonary trunk

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The right ventricle sends blood into this vessel

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Inferior vena cava

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brings oxygen-poor blood from the lower body to the right atrium

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Superior vena cava

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brings oxygen-poor blood from the upper body to the right atrium

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Aorta

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The left ventricle sends blood into this vessel

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Tunica externa

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Composed largely of loosely woven collagen fibers that protect and reinforce the vessel

Protects and reinforces the vessel; anchors it to surrounding structures

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Tunica media

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Mostly circularly arranged smooth muscle cells and sheets of elastin

Capable of undergoing vasoconstriction or vasodilation to influence blood flow and blood pressure

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Tunica interna

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Contains the endothelium (made of simple squamous epithelium)

It's flat cells fit closely to form a slick surface that minimizes friction as blood moves through

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Vessel lumen

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Blood containing space in center of the vessel.

Provides a space for blood to travel through the vessel.

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Elastic arteries

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Thick-walled, large vessels near the heart that conduct blood continuously away from the heart

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muscular arteries

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smaller vessels that distribute blood to specific body organs.

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Arterioles

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smallest of the vessels that lead into capillary beds.

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Capillaries

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smallest blood vessels with thin walls that allow exchange between blood and tissue cells.

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Venules

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Smallest vessels leading away from capillaries

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Veins

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contain valves to assist blood flow back towards the heart

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Blood flow

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The volume of blood flowing through a vessel, and organ, or the entire circulation in a given period.

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Blood pressure

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The force per unit area exerted on a vessel wall by the contained blood

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Resistance

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The opposition to flow - a measure of the amount of friction blood encounters as it passes through vessels.

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Blood viscosity

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A source of resistance related to thickness or stickiness of the blood

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Total blood vessel length

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A source of resistance related to the distance blood has to travel through layers of fat to reach a destination.

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Brachial artery

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Muscular artery traveling near the humerus bone.

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Left subclavian artery

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Third major branch of the aortic arch

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Brachiophalic trunk

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First major branch of the aortic arch

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coronary arteries

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The only branches of the ascending aorta

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common carotid arteries

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supply most of the blood to the head

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pulmonary artery

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First vessel leaving the pulmonary side of the heart to carry blood to the lungs.

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Pulmonary arterioles

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Branches of pulmonary arteries, structurally like veins, and venules, with thin walls and large lumens

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Pulmonary capillaries

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Area of exchange for oxygen and carbon dioxide.

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Pulmonary venules

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Smallest veins, collect blood from capillaries as it flows back toward the heart.

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During pulmonary circulation blood leaves the

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right ventricle and moves to the lungs

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During systemic circulation, blood leaves the

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left ventricle and goes directly to the aorta

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The endothelium is composed of

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simple squamous epithelium

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The inferior vena cava brings blood from the lower regions of the body and empties into the

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right atrium

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The correct sequence of layers in the vessel wall from outside to inside:

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Tunica externa

Tunica media

Tunica intima

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The major long-term mechanism of blood pressure control is provided by

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The kidneys

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Exchange of gasses and nutrients occurs by diffusion between the

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capillaries and tissue cells

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Any condition in which blood vessels are inadequately filled and blood cannot circulate normally is called

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Circulatory shock

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Reduction in the lumen diameter of a blood vessel as the smooth muscle contracts is known as

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vasoconstriction

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The only vessels that provide direct assess to nearly every cell in the body are the

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capillaries

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What regulates blood flow at the entrance to each true capillary?

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Precapillary sphincter

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In _______________________, blood volume is normal and constant but there is an abnormal expansion of the vascular beds, resulting in a huge drop in peripheral resistance, causing blood pressure to fall rapidly.

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Vascular shock

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_________________arteries branch to form the common hepatic artery, left gastric artery, and the splenic artery

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Celiac trunk

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The _________________ is the longest in the body, running from the sole of the foot up to the inguinal region (without changing names)

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Great saphenous vein

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Which of the layers of an artery wall is regulated by the sympathetic nervous system and many hormones?

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Middle layer

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What type of blood vessels have the proportionally thickest tunica media of all vessels?

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distributing arteries

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_____________inhibits fibrinolysis by competing with plasminogen and may contribute to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.

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Lipoprotein

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The minute-to-minute blood flow through the capillary beds is determined by the

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diameter of arterioles

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The pressure of ___________stabilizes the wall of the capillaries

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pericytes

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__________do not contain intercellular clefts

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arterioles

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The flow of blood from the left ventricle to the right atrium is called the

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systemic circulation

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A metarteriole is a vessel that

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is intermediate between the arteriole and the capillary bed.

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Up to 65% of the body's blood supply is found in

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veins

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Where are dural sinuses present?

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CNS

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Most neural controls of blood pressure involve input from baroreceptors which are sensitive to

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Changes in blood pressure

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An elastic lamina on both sides of the tunica media is a characteristic of

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muscular arteries

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What blood vessel is the most susceptible to atherosclerosis?

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The aorta

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What is the major force generating blood flow?

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pumping action of the heart

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Blood enters the myocardium of the heart by coronary vessels that originate from the

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Aorta

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The blood does not produce

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hormones

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What plasma constituent is the main contributor to osmotic pressure?

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Hormone production

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What leukocyte functions in phagocytizing bacteria?

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perniclous anemia - results from a vitamin B12 deficiency

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_______________ is the universal donor. People with this blood type can give blood to __________

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Type O

all the ABO blood groups

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_______________ are the precursor cells that ultimately form basophils, eosinophils, and neutrophils

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Myeloblasts

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________________ leads to an above normal level of oxygen in the blood, which would not stimulate RBC production

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hyperventilating