BIOL121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Vasa Vasorum, Pulmonary Vein, Venule

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Blood vessels: the vasculature, blood, all vessels are one-way streets, no backflow permitted. Arteries: carry blood away from the heart, elastic and muscular. Capillaries: smallest blood vessels, location of exchange between blood and interstitial fluid. Veins: return blood to heart, large and medium sized. Largest blood vessels: attach to heart, superior and inferior venae cava, pulmonary trunk (pulmonary arteries and veins, aorta. Smallest blood vessels: capillaries, within the tissues of the body, have small diameter and thin walls, chemicals and gases diffuse across walls. Three layers surrounding lumen: tunica intima epithelial layer, tunica media muscle layer, tunica externa connective layer. Structure determines function: passive path, active mover of fluid. In arteries: layer of elastic fibres in outer margin, internal elastic membrane. Concentric sheets of smooth muscle in loose connective tissue. External elastic membrane of the tunica media. In veins: elastic fibres and smooth muscle cells.

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