ANAT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Clavicle, Collagen, Common Iliac Artery

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General structure of blood vessels 3 tunics. A pump that circulates something, in this case blood. Pulmonary: pumps from heart to lungs, get oxygenated, comes back to heart. Systemic: pump blood to tissues, get rid of waste and co2. Blood vessels: carries blood to all parts of body, series of tubes connected to heart: arteries, veins and capillaries. Heart (rv), pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary veins, heart (la) Heart (lv), systemic arteries, tissues, systemic veins, heart (ra) Whenever there"s a vein, there"s also an artery. Artery is blood vessel that takes blood away from heart. Has thick and elastic walls to sustain pressure. Walls of veins thinner than walls of artery. Tunica intima (interna: endothelium towards lumen and adjacent to the blood, connective tissue. Tunica media: smooth muscle with collagen and elastic fibres. Large veins have interna, media, and adventitia, in large arteries, there is also a layer of internal elastic layer.

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