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Cardiovasc System

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Small arteries     arterioles    
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Small veins     Venules    
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White blood cells typicall leave circulation to enter tissues at _____     postcapillary venule    
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______ are the smallest vessels. They consist of a single layer of _______ cells and their ________.     Capillaries, endothelial cells, basal lamina  
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Specialized ______ fibers synchronize the contraction of the heart to make contractions more efficient.     cardiac muscle    
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Electrical impulses are initiated at the ______ node, or the pacemaker     sinoatrial (SA)    
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Impulses spread through the atria to the _______ node     atrioventricular (AV)    
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The impulse is transmitted to the ventricles by the ______     bundle of His    
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Bundle of His divides into ____ and ____ bundle branches     right, left    
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Further branching into subendothelial branches is known as ______     Purkinje fibers    
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Composed of endothelial cells, basal lamina and subendothelium connective tissue layer.     Tunica intima    
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Composed of circumferentially arranged smooth muscle     Tunica media    
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Outermost connective tissue layer, composed mostly of collagenous tissue and a few elastic fibers     Tunica adventitia    
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Small blood vessels that nourish the tunica media are called ______. Is in this tunic layer in large vessels: _______     vasa vasorum, tunica adventitia  
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A network of autonomic nerves found in tunica adventitia that controls the contraction of smooth muscle     nervi vascularis    
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Elastic arteries have multiple sheets of ____. They function primarily as _____.     elastic layers, conduction tubes  
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Largest elastic arteries:     Aorta, Pulmonary artery, Main branches of aorta (brachiocephalic, common carotid, subclavian, common iliac arteries)  
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In Tunica Intima layer, Weibel-Palade bodies contain _____     von Willebrand factor (coagulating factor VII)    
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Most von Willebrand factor is synthesized by __________.     arterial endothelial cells.    
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Endothelial cells maintain nonthrombogenic barrier between platelets and sebendothelial tissue by producing ______ and ________     anticoagulants (thrombomodulin), and antithrombogenic sustances (prostacyclin and tissue plasminogen activator)  
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Damage to endothelial cells causes them to releast prothombogenic agents such as ________ and _______     von Willebrand factor, plasminogen activator inhibitor    
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Endothelial cells modulate blood flow and vascular resistance by secreting ______ and _____.     Vasoconstrictors (endothelin, angiotensin-converting enzyme, {ACE}), Vasodilators (endothelial-derived relaxation factor {EDRF/NO}, prostacyclin)  
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Foam cells are derived from _____ and _____     macrophages and smooth muscle    
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Muscular arteries (also known as _____ arteries). It has more ____ and less ____ in the tunica media than elastic arteries.     medium artery, smooth muscle, elastin  
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In muscular artery, the tunica media is composed almost entirely of ______     smooth muscle    
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Muscular arteries have a prominent ______     internal elastic membrane    
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Continuous capillaries are found in: ____, ____, and ____     muscle, lung, and CNS    
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______ junctions, a type of tight junctions, seal continuous capillaries together     occluding    
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Relatively unspecialized cells derived from the same precursor cell that gives rise to endothelial cells     Pericytes    
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Fenestrated capillaries are found in: _____, _____, and ______     endocrine glands, intestinal tract, and gallbladder    
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Discontinuous capillaries are found in: _____, _____, _____     liver, spleen, and bone marrow    
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Discontinuous capillaries are also called ______ or _____     sinusoidal capillaries or sinusoids    
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__________ of metarterioles control blood flow into the capillary bed     Precapillary sphincters    
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Large veins have a thick tunica ______, and a thin tunica _____     adventitia, media  
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Venous channels in the cranial cavity are lined with _______ cells and are called ______     endothelial, venous or dural sinuses  
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The two largest lymph vessels are the ____ and ____     thoracic duct, right lymphatic duct  
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