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Valves ensure______

One-way flow of blood through the heart

Right AV valve has____

three cusps (TRIcuspid valve)

Left AV valve has____

two cusps (BIcuspid)

Left AV valve also called

biscupid valve or mitral valve

Right AV valve also called

Tricuspid valve

Cardiac Output (CO)

The amount of blood ejected by each ventricle in 1 minute

Exercise makes the heart____

work harder which increases cardiac output

At the beginning of exercise______in the muscles & joints send signals to the cardiac

centers

proprioceptors

Sympathetic output from the cardiac centers then _____ cardiac output

,increases

As exercise progresses, muscular activity ______ venous return

increases

The preload increases on the right ventricle and then the left ventricle as more blood

flows through the _______

Pulmonary circuit and reaches the left heart

Sustained exercise causes

hypertrophy

Blood vessels further from the heart

lowest BP

Blood vessels closest to heart

highest BP

Tunica Interna (Tunica)

Innermost; consists of a layer of simple squamous epithelium called endothelium.

Bound to a supendothelial layer of areolar connective tissue

Tunica Media

Middle; consists primarily of smooth muscle with a framework of elastic connective tissue

and contains collagen.

Thickest layer

Tunica Externa (Adventitia)

Outermost; consists of areolar connective tissue with elastice and collagen fibers

, Capillaries only consist of______and______

Basement membrane; endothelium layer

Veins and venules are the only blood vessels that contain

Valves to prevent back flow

Tunica media will be thicker in arteries than veins because

They will need to supply more pressure to the blood

Smallest artery is an

Arteriole

Smallest vein is a

Venule

Elastic arteries

Tunica media composed of smooth muscle and elastic connective tissue

Largest of arteries

Found closest to the heart

Elastic needed to withstand blood being ejected from heart

Muscular Arteries

Tunica media composed of smooth muscle

Second largest artery

Found far from heart

Smooth muscle needed for vasoconstriction and vasodilation

Continuous Capillaries

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