Chapter 19

The Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels: Part A

1. Intro
Intro into blood vessels
Three types ________, ________________ & ________
Cardiac fibers of ________________ contact causing ventricle
chamber volume to ________ and blood is ________ out into
________. Aorta ________ and those branches also ________
into smaller and ________ arteries eventually to __________ and
finally to __________. The capillaries __________ forming
________ that continue to converge forming ________. This
convergence continues with the final formation of the ________ &
________ __________ and empty into the _______________
2. Blood Vessels
Delivery system of dynamic structures that ________ and
________ at the ________
________: carry blood ________ from the ________;
__________ except for __________ circulation and umbilical
vessels of a fetus
__________: contact ________________ and directly serve
__________ needs
________: carry blood ________ the ________
3. Fig. 19.2 pg. 697

4. Structure of Blood Vessel Walls

Arteries and veins
____________, ___________, and ____________
__________ Central blood-containing __________
__________ __________ with sparse basal ________
5. Fig. 19.1 pg. 696
6. Tunics
________ ________Endothelium ________ the ________ of all
________
In vessels ________ than ________, a ____________l
________________ __________ membrane is present
7. Tunics
________ ________
________________and sheets of ______________
__________ __________ nerve fibers control ______________
and________________ of __________
8. Tunics
________ ________ (tunica adventitia)
__________ fibers ________ and _________
__________ vessels contain ________ __________ to nourish
the external layer
9. Table 19.1a pg. 698
10. Table 19.1b pg. 698
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11. Elastic (Conducting) Arteries

Large

thick-walled arteries with __________ in all ________

tunics
________ and its ________ branches
________ lumen offers ________-resistance
Act as ________ _________s_________ and ________ as
blood is __________ from the heart
12. _________ (__________) Arteries and Arterioles
________ to elastic arteries; _________ blood to ________
________
Have thick ________ ________ with more ________ ________
Active in________________
13. __________
__________ arteries
Lead to __________ beds
_______ ______ into_________ beds via _________ and
___________
14. __________
______________ blood vessels
Walls of ______________, _______ _______ thick
_________ help _________their _______ and control__________
Size _______ only a _______ _______ to _______ at a time
15. __________
In _____ _______ _______ for_______, _______, _______ and
_______ of eye
Functions: ________ of _____, _______, _______, _______, etc.
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16. Fig. 19.2

17. _________
Three _________ types
1. ______________s capillaries
2. ______________ capillaries
3. ______________ capillaries (sinusoids)
18. __________ Capillaries
Abundant in the _______ and ______________
_______ _________ connect ______________ cells
__________ clefts allow the _________ of _______ and small
_________
__________ capillaries of the _________
_______ __________ are complete, forming the _______-________
_________
19. Fig. 19.3a Pg. 699
20. __________ Capillaries
Some endothelial cells contain _______ (______________)
More _________ than _________ capillaries
Function in _________ or_________ formation (small _________,
_________ glands, and_________)
21. Fig. 19.3b Pg. 699

22. ______________ Capillaries

_______ tight junctions, larger __________ _______, large
_______
Usually ______________
Allow _______ molecules and _______ cells to _______ between
the _______ and ______________ _______
Found in the _______, bone _________, _______
23. Fig. 19.3c Pg. 699
24. ______________ _______
_________ networks of ______________ form the
______________ between _________ and__________
Consist of_______types of vessels
1. _________ _______ (metarteriole_________________ channel):
Directly connects the______________ and a ______________
25. _____________________
2. True capillaries
______________exchange vessels per capillary bed
Branch off the______________or _________ arteriole

26. Blood Flow Through Capillary Beds

_________ sphincters regulate _______ _______ into true
______________
Regulated by local_______ conditions and _________ nerves

27. Fig 19.4 pg. 700

28. _________
Formed when _________ beds _______
Very_________; allow fluids and WBCs into _________
Postcapillary venules consist of_________ and a few pericytes
________ venules have _____ or _____ layers of_______ muscle
cells
29. _______
Formed when _________ _________
Have ________ _______, larger________ compared with
corresponding ________
______________ is ________ than in arteries
_______ _______ media and a _______ tunica externa consisting
of________ fibers and ________ networks
Called__________ vessels (blood_________); contain up to
_______ of the _______ supply
30. Fig: Isnt in your book
31. Fig. 19.5 pg. 701
32. Veins
Adaptations that _____________________to the heart
1. ____________________________ offer little _________
2. _________ prevent_________ of blood
Most _________ in veins of the _______
______________: _________ veins with extremely_______ walls (e.g., coronary
sinus of the heart and dural sinuses of the brain)

33. Vascular_________
______________ of blood vessels
_______ _________ provide ________ ________ (collateral
channels) to a given body region
Common at _______, in abdominal _______, _______, and ______
Vascular _______of capillaries are_________ of arteriovenous
anastomoses
Venous anastomoses are _________