NICOLAE TESTEMITANU
CARDIOVASCULAR
SYSTEM
Blood vessels
Blood Vessels
1. Tunica intima
2. Tunica media
3. Tunica adventitia
I.
II.
III.
Arteries
Elastic Arteries
4.
2.
Tunica adventitia 10 %
1.
2.
3.
Tunica
ADVENTITIA 10%
Aorta
AORTA
Elastic fenestrated
lamellae
Muscular arteries
50%
40-45%
Muscular arteries
I.
II.
III.
The endothelium
The subendothelium
External elastic
membrane
Tunica ADVENTITIA
40-45%
Mixed arteries
Tunica media is composed of 50% of
smooth muscle cells & 50% of elastic
fibers
Are placed between elastic & muscular
arteries
Arterioles
<0.5 mm diameter
three tunics too, but tunica media is formed by only:
1-2-3 layers of smooth muscle cells
thin adventitia
Capillary
Capillaries
3 types
Conitnuous : uninterrupted
lining of enothelium; most
common type
Fenestrated : enothelium
occasionally interrupted by
spaces
Discontinuous/Sinusoids :
incomplete endothelium
and basal lamina
Continuous Capillary
Marginal Fold
Fenestrated Capillary
Fenestrations in Endothelial
Fenestrations in Endothelium
Wider than
capillaries
Spleen Sinusoid
Sinusoid
Venules
Classification of veins
Veins
So Which is Which???
Vein
Heart
Tissue Layers
Endocardium
Myocardium
Pericardium
Visceral Pericardium
Parietal Pericardium
Pericardial Fluid
Heart histology
Heart Wall
Heart Wall
Organ Membrane
SA node.
AV node.
Bundle of His.
Purkinje fibers.
Lymphatic System
Lymphatic capillaries:
Closed-end tubules that
form vast networks in
intercellular spaces.
Lymph:
Fluid that enters the
lymphatic capillaries.
Lymphatic Capillaries
Lymphatic Vessels
No fenestrations
No basal lamina
Anchoring filaments (microfibrils) in endothelia
hold vessel open and prevent collapse of lumen
Large lymphatics have numerous valves
Lymphatic vessels
Lymphostasis
Alex
General medicine
1st year
Histology
Histology