BIOL-N - Biology BIOL-N 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Posterior Interventricular Artery, Anterior Interventricular Branch Of Left Coronary Artery, Tunica Intima

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Blood vessels carry blood from the heart to the cells/tissues of the body and then back to the heart. Vessels carrying blood away from the heart are arteries they branch and become smaller as they get further from the heart, gradually becoming arterioles. The arterioles pass blood to the smallest vessels the capillaries. A capillary is the only place where exchange between the blood and the interstitial fluid occurs (by diffusion along concentration gradients). Capillaries empty into vessels that carry blood to the heart. The smallest are venules these in turn empty into veins, which return the blood to the heart. The walls of the larger blood vessels have 3 layers: tunica externa, tunica media, and tunica intima. The structure of each depends on which type of blood vessel, but generally they are. Tunica externa/adventitia is the outermost and is connective tissue. Tunica media is smooth muscle encircling the vessel contraction narrows the diameter of the vessel (vasoconstriction).

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