Vessels anatomy flashcards

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Twenty flashcards on blood vessels: vessel types, blood pressure, capillary exchange, shock, pulse points and fetal circulation.

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Vessels that carry blood away from the heart?: Arteries.
Where do gas and nutrient exchange happen?: Capillaries.
Vessels that hold most of the blood volume?: Veins, about two thirds of the total.
Vessels that set most of the resistance to flow?: Arterioles.
Blood pressure equals cardiac output times?: Systemic vascular resistance.
Pulse pressure is?: Systolic minus diastolic pressure.
Mean arterial pressure estimate?: Diastolic plus one third of the pulse pressure.
Force that pushes fluid out of capillaries?: Hydrostatic pressure.
Force that pulls fluid back into capillaries?: Oncotic pressure, mainly from albumin.
Why does low albumin cause edema?: Lower oncotic pressure lets fluid stay in the tissues.
Shock in one line?: Blood flow too low to meet the oxygen needs of tissues.
Shock type with warm skin and low vascular resistance?: Distributive shock, such as septic shock.
Most common shock type after trauma?: Hemorrhagic (hypovolemic) shock.
Pulse felt just in front of the ear?: Superficial temporal artery.
Pulse checked in an unresponsive adult?: Carotid pulse.
Pulse checked in an infant during CPR?: Brachial pulse.
Common vein for routine blood draws?: Median cubital vein in the elbow crease.
Vessel that carries oxygen-poor blood to the lungs?: Pulmonary artery.
Fetal vessel that brings oxygen-rich blood from the placenta?: Umbilical vein.
Fetal shunt that lets blood bypass the liver?: Ductus venosus.