CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM:VESSELS
AND CIRCULATION
Be able to apply the following terms.
| arteries |
arterioles |
capillaries |
venules |
| veins |
tunica interna |
tunica media |
|
| tunica externa |
vasoconstriction |
vasodilation |
capillary exchange |
| blood pressure |
osmotic pressure |
cardiac output |
resistance |
| cardiovascular center |
baroreceptors |
chemoreceptors |
|
- Compare and contrast the structure and function of the of arteries, arterioles,
capillaries, venules and veins.
- Describe the three layers that typically form the wall of a large blood
vessel, and state the function of each.
- Explain the driving forces for blood flow in arteries and veins. Explain
muscular and respiratory pumps in their role of blood movement.
- Define blood flow or cardiac output, blood pressure, and resistance, and
explain the relationships between these factors.
- Describe neural and hormonal regulation of blood pressure. Use
this neural negative feedback loop template.
- List and explain the factors that influence blood pressure, and describe
how blood pressure is regulated.
- Explain the role of the forces that promote capillary exchange. Identify
the directions that the following substance move into/out of capillaries (oxygen,
carbon dioxide, glucose, ammonia or urea, water)
- Describe the general functions of the systemic circulation. Name and give
the location of major arteries and veins in the systemic circulation.
- Describe the structure and special function of the hepatic portal circulation.
Professor
Thomas M. Lancraft
Human Anatomy
and Physiology Courses
at St. Petersburg College
St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus
5/2008
