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-Carry blood away from ventricles of heart and lead to capillaries
-carry blood away from heart under high pressure |
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Tunica interna: innermost; made of endothelium; rests on connective tissue
Tunica Media: middle layer; bulk; made of smooth muscle
Tunica externa: outermost; collagen-rich connective tissues; attaches artery to surrounding tissues |
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-carry blood back to the atria of heart
-typically parallel the aterial system
-have valves from the tunica interna; project inward to prevent blood back flow |
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Tunica externa; outermost; connective tissue
Tunica media: middle layer; small amount of smooth muscle and elastic tissue
Tunic Interna: innermost; composed of endothelial cells; thin |
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-connections between arteries and veins
-serve as sites for exchange processes |
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| one cell layer of capillaries |
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endothelial cells comprising a simple squamous epithelium
-covered by basement membrane |
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1. heart ventricles
2. Arteries
3. Arterioles
4. Capillaries
5. Venules
6. Veins
7. Heart atria |
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originates from left ventricle of heart
largest vessel of body |
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extends from left ventricle of heart
gives rise fo left coronary arteries |
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| Aorta vessel as it arches posteriorly and to the left of the heart |
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| aorta portion passing through throacic cavity until passing through diaphragm |
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| Aorta portion passes through abdominopelvic cavity |
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| two major areries that bring blood back to cardiac muscle |
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1.brachiocephalic artery
2. Left common carotid
3. Left subclavian |
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| unpaired artery; serves abdominal organs |
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| superior mesentric artery |
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| kargest branch of abdominal aorta; unpaired; supplies most of small intestine and large intestine |
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| final; unpaired; supplies distal half of large intestine |
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| arise from subclavian arteries; enter skull through foramen magnum |
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left one- from aortic arch
right one- from brachiocephalic artery |
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| external carotid arteries |
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| branch from common carotid arteries; supply extracranial tissues of neck and head |
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| internal carotid arteries |
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| branch from common carotid arteries; supply brain |
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| arise from subclavian and run through axialla |
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| arise from axillary artery as axillary enters the arm |
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| arise from brachial arteries; posterior to shaft of humerus |
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| Brachial artery branches at elbo; ulnar artery follows ulna |
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| follows radius; brachial artery branches at elbow |
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| extends about 2 inches from pelvic bone before dividing again |
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| arise from common iliac artery supplies gluteal muscles and adductor muscles of thigh |
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| arise from common iliac artery; supplies anterior abdominal wall and lower limb |
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| arise from external iliac crest; extends through the thigh |
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| branch from femoral; supplies posterior to thigh |
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| arise from femoral; passes posterior to knee |
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| branch from femoral artery; passes posterior to knee |
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| branch from popliteal artery; supplies lower leg |
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| supplies dorsal foot area |
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| posterior tibial arteries |
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| supplies lower leg flexor muscles |
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