ANP 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Capillary, Vasodilation, Arteriole

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1105
• Professor: William Staines

Document Summary

Blood vessels and hemodynamics key: fill in the blanks, arteries generally carry blood ____________ from the heart. Away: veins generally carry blood ______________ the heart. Capillaries: delivery system of dynamic structures that begins and ends at heart: _________venules>veins: in a blood vessel, the central blood-containing space is called the. Lumen: the thick-walled arteries with the highest proportion of elastin are called. Elastic (conducting: the flow of blood from an arteriole to a venule through a capillary bed is called _________________. Microcirculation: the three types of capillaries are called: ___________________, Continuous, fenestrated, sinusoid: the unit for blood flow is _________. Ml/min: blood flow occurs in response to a __________ _____________. Pressure gradient: the measure of amount of friction blood encounters with vessel walls is called __________________. Resistance: three sources of this are _____________ ___________, _________ Blood viscosity, blood vessel length, and blood vessel diameter: the pressure exerted in aorta during ventricular contraction is called.