NU 503- Circulation Questions and Answers 2024/2025
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Course
NU 503
Institution
NU 503
Pulmonary Circulation
oxygenated blood to left atrium via pulmonary veins
oxygenate blood and remove carbon dioxide
pulmonary circulation origination
right ventricle via pulmonary artery
Systemic Circulation
starts with aorta receiving output from LV
Systemic circulation output w...
thin walls of endothelial cells and basement membrane
capillary blood flow
collected into venules and larger veins
Law of LaPlace
biophysics of vascular wall tension
hydrostatic pressure: aorta
created by blood pumped into aorta
wall tension created by
hydrostatic pressure- push on vessel wall
Wall tension
contributor to rupturing of weakened vessel
what increases vascular wall tension?
blood pressure
radius of vessel
What decreases vascular wall tension?
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