1. What is hemodynamics?
2. What are arteries and veins?
3. What are the three layers in artery and vein walls?
4. How are vasoconstriction and vasodilation accomplished?
How does each affect blood flow?
5. What is anastomosis?
How does it relate to collateral circulation?
How are end arteries different from collateral arteries?
6. What are arterioles?
How do they regulate blood flow into capillaries?
7. What are capillaries?
Why are they important? What are they composed of?
8. What are venules?
9. What are veins?
What structures do veins have that arteries do not? Why?
10. How does blood distribution vary among the different parts of the cardiovascular system?
11. How do substances enter and leave capillaries?
12. Bulk flow is important for what reason? What is it dependent upon?
13. Know the following terms:
A. Filtration
B. ReabsorPtion
C. Edema
14. What is blood pressure?
How is it affected by the following:
A. Cardiac output
B. Blood volume
C. Viscosity
D. Resistance
E. Vessel elasticity
15. What is resistance?
In which vessels is resistance greatest and why?
16. In what vessel is blood pressure greatest?
In which vessels is blood pressure essentially zero?
17. Venous return is maintained by what three things?
18. What is the pulse?
19. What is Tachycardia and Bradycardia?
20. What do the two numbers in blood pressure measurements represent?
21. Know the following disorders:
A. Hypertension (primary and secondary)
B. Aneurysm