44. The second Korotkoff sound occurs when the
sphynomanometer is measuring the ____ pressure.
46. The blood from capillaries flow into a ___ before
small veins.
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47. The 5 cm ascending aorta leads in to the aortic
___ that bends posteriorly and to the left.
3. The tunica ___ consists of mainly smooth muscle
48. Circulatory ___ is an inadequate blood flow
and elastic tissue.
throughout the body.
4. Degenerative changes in arteries that make them
50. General term given to the larger blood vessels
less elastic are referred collectively as _____.
leading to the heart.
6. A pulse can be felt in the ___ artery on the lateral
side of the anterior forearm just proximal to the wrist. 51. A circle of interconnecting arteries around the
pituitary and base of the brain is called the ___ _ ___.
10. Medium sized arteries that regulate the blood
55. Another term used for dead tissue.
supply to different regions of the body by either
58. A ___ is a sudden neurological disorder often
constricting or dilating are ____ ____.
caused by a decreased blood supply to the brain.
13. An area of dead tissue is called an ____.
15. The condition of excessive accumulation of tissue 59. Epithelial cells of the alveolar membranes are
tightly joined so that ions and fluids do not escape into
fluid.
the alveoli thus keeping them ___.
16, Renin causes the production of this
60. Neurogenic shock results from rapid loss of ___
vasoconstrictor from plasma proteins.
tone that causes vasodilation which severely
17. The external ____ arteries lead to the femoral
decreases blood pressure.
artery.
18. Also know as ADH, causes water reabsorption in 61. Hormone released from the adrenal cortex in
response to low BP or Na+, which causes the kidney
the kidneys and vasoconstriction which results in
to reabsorb Na+ and water.
elevated blood pressure.
21. The right & left vertebral arteries unite to form this 62. Major arteries and veins leading to the kidney are
termed ___.
artery at the pons.
63. Tissue swelling in carotid artery that contains
22. Substances diffuse across ___ walls to tissue
pressoreceptors (for BP) and chemoreceptors ( for
cells or blood stream.
24. The pressure that moves the fluid outward at the oxygen and pH).
64. The circulatory circuit with freshly oxygenated
arteriole end of a capillary.
blood pumped to all parts of the body by the left
25. When the smooth muscles in a blood vessel
contract and the diameter of the vessel decreases this ventricle.
66. The internal and external____ are major veins
is called ___constriction.
that drain the head and neck into the subclavian.
26. Blood capillaries that branch from thoroughfare
channels have intermittent blood flow regulated by
smooth muscle cells called ___ ____.
29. Small blood vessels that supply the larger many
tissue layer blood vessels with nutrients are called
____ ____.
33. ___blood pressure is normally around120mm of
Hg.
34. ___veins are caused by incompetent valves in
veins in the leg.
37. The ____is the entire lining of the circulatory
system made up of simple squamous epithelial cells.
38. A ___ is an arteriovenous anastomoses that
consists of arterioles arranged in a convoluted fashion
surrounded by a collagenous tissue.
43. A floating clot that becomes lodged in a smaller
blood vessel.
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32. Blood pressure may be measured directly by
inserting a ___ into a blood vessel and connecting a
manometer to it.
35. Highly permeable capillaries found in the kidney
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and intestine have a ___ structure.
36. From the lumen to the outer wall of a blood vessel
1. Nerve impulses are inhibited to smooth muscles of
the tissue layers are called ___.
blood vessels causing an increase in the diameter of
39. Soft masses of fatty materials deposited on
the blood vessel.
arterial walls.
2. The heart rate, rhythmicity and other
40. As the blood passes through the capillaries the
characteristics can be determined by feeling the ____.
blood colloid proteins in the capillaries cause ____
3. ___ connect arterioles to capillaries or directly to
pressure which tends to move fluid inward at the
venules forming arteriovenous shunts.
venule end.
4. The routine method of taking BP is called the
41. The presence of blood cells and plasma proteins
____method.
increase the ___ (flowing ability ) of the blood.
5. Term given to a stationary blood clot.
42. The tunica ___ is the outer connective tissue
7. A bulge caused by a weakened spot in the aortic
covering a blood vessel.
wall.
45. Inflammation of varicose veins in the legs can
8. Name give to major veins and arteries connected to
result in a condition called ____ which can lead to
the diaphragm.
gangrene.
9. The kidneys release an enzyme called ___ when
49. Condition of widespread edema, especially in
the BP is low or Na+ ‘s are low which leads to the
the peritoneal cavity, due to failure of the right
production of angiotensin.
ventricle which causes back pressure on the veins.
11. The pressure within the right atrium is called ___
50. Retention of water by the kidneys increase the
____ pressure.
blood ___ and BP.
12. Veins having diameters greater than 2mm contain
52. The inner most tunic ___ is composed mainly of
___ that allow blood to flow toward the heart but not in
endothelium.
the opposite direction.
53. The circulatory circuit from the heart through the
14. The ___ ___ pressure is the pressure at which a
lungs.
blood vessel will collapse when blood pressure drops
54. Blood ___ depends on heart action, blood
due to shock.
volume, peripheral resistance, and blood viscosity.
19. Normal cardiac rhythm regulated by the S-A node
56. General name given to a blood vessel that carries
is called ___rhythm.
blood away from the heart.
20. Accumulation of fluid with the pericardial cavity
57. The volume discharged from the ventricle per
causing pressure on
minute is called the cardiac ___.
the heart thus interfering with heart action is called
65. Another name for a stroke. abbr.
acute cardiac ___.
23. The hepatic ___ system begins with capillaries in
the viscera and ends with sinusoidal capillaries in the
liver.
24. Another term for high blood pressure.
27. Systolic and diastolic BP are determined by
listening for ___ ___ while using the
spygomanometer.
28. The osmotic pressure caused by plasma proteins
is called __ ___ osmotic pressure.
30. Capillaries located in the liver that are large in
diameter and also very permeable are called ____.
31. A large vein that empties into superior vena cava
and drains the posterior thoracic veins.
Peripheral Vessels Puzzle