MCELLBI 32 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Pulmonary Vein, Venule, Arteriole

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Mcb lecture #16: what is the function of the heart, to provide the force for the movement of blood (heart = pump) Heart to artery to arterioles to capillary to venule to veins (circles back to heart) Blood vessel structure: arteries are pressure reservoirs, resistance in arterioles can be controlled, capillaries are site of exchange, venules do a little bit of exchange, veins are volume reservoirs. Elastic fibers in artery wall push back on the blood to increase blood pressure. Transport between capillary and interstitial fluid: diffusion through cells (lipid-soluble substances, diffusion through pores (water-soluble substances, restricted movement of most plasma proteins (cannot cross capillary wall, transcytosis of exchangeable proteins across cells, venules do some exchange too. Skeletal muscle pumps blood back: venous return = how much blood returns to heart via the vena cava. The heart is located in the pericardium: pulmonary semilunar valve, right av valve, aortic semilunar valve, left av.

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