BIO 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Skeletal Muscle, Hyperaemia, Cardiac Output

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Arteries have many fibers and smooth muscle fibers, can withstand high pressures. Veins operate under low pressure, some veins have valves to prevent backflow of blood. Blood pressure profile: left ventrical, large arteries: pressure pulse here, arterioles, capillaries: region of material exchange, venules and veins. Blood through is controlled by the constriction of smooth muscle in the arteries and arterioles. Precapillary sphincters can open in response to low o2, low ph, or cytokinesis, or shut off blood supply to the capillary bed. Red blood cells pass through capillaries in single file. Capillary walls consist of a single layer of endothelial cells, fluid squeeze out of the spaces between the cells. One-tenth of fluid enters the lymphatic capillaries. Fluid is squeezed out of capillary by blood pressure. Pulled back into capillary by osmotic pressure. Capillary circulation: oxygen, nutrients, and waste pass between blood and parts of your body. Contractions of skeletal muscles squeeze the veins.

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