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Vascular system

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Term
Definition
arteries   carry blood away from the heart  
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veins   return blood to the heart  
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capillaries   connect the smallest arteries (arterioles) to the smallest veins (venules)  
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tunica intima   inner layer, helps prevent blood clots, produces chemicals that cause the blood vessels to dilate or constrict, lines all blood vessels  
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tunica media   middle layer, allows blood vessels to change diameter  
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tunica externa   outer layer, supports and protects blood vessels  
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conducting arteries (elastic arteries)   closest to the heart, greatest ability to expand and recoil  
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distributing arteries   deliver blood to specific organs  
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aterioles   smallest arteries, dilate or constrict to maintain blood pressure  
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Venules   smallest veins, collect blood from capillaries  
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categories of veins   venules, medium sized, and large veins  
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capillaries   hormones are transferred between blood and tissue, have thin walls, only in endothelium and basement membrane  
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capillaries are organized into networks called   capillary beds  
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Filtration occurs   close to the arterial side of the capillary bed  
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high pressure in capillaries   pushes plasma and dissolve nutrients through capillary wall and into surround fluid  
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pulmonary circulation function   to bring deoxygenated blood to the alveoli for gas exchange  
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pulmonary circulation blood flow   right ventr-pulmonary arteries-lobar arteries-capillary bed-lobar veins-pulmonary vein-left artium  
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ascending aorta   right and left coronary arteries branch off to supply blood to myocardium  
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abdominal aorta   branches into the right and left common illiac arteries, which supply blood to the lower pelvis and the legs  
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aortic arch   branches into three major arteries, brachiocephalic, common carotid, and left subclavian  
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superior and inferior mesenteric arteries   supply blood to the small and large intestines  
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abdominal aorta and its branches   supply blood to the abdomen and lower extremities and liver  
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common carotid arteries   provide most of the brains blood supply  
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superior vena cava   receives blood from above the heart  
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inferior vena cava   receives blood from below the level of the heart  
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factors affecting blood pressure   cardiac output, blood volume, resistance  
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peripheral resistance   resistance to flow results from friction of blood against walls of vessels  
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amount of friction depends upon   blood viscosity and vessel diameter  
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blood viscosity   typically stable  
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vessel diameter   adjusting diameter of the vessels is the body's chief way of controlling peripheral resistance  
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blood velocity   diameter of vessel affects how fast blood flows  
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greater the diameter of vessel   faster it flows  
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blood flows slowest in capillaries due to   cross-sectional area and narrow diameter  
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neural regulation of blood pressure   medulla sends impulses via autonomic nervous system to alter blood vessel diameter and therefore blood pressure  
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