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Branch off into smaller arteries, then into very small arterioles, then into tiny thin walled capillaries
Carry oxygenated blood
Aorta is the largest
Efferent |
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Outer - fibrous
Middle - smooth muscle/ elastic tissue
Inner - thin
Aorta and pulmonary vessels have more elastic tissue cause of increased pressure |
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Aorta - Aortic trunk
Coronary arteries - first vessel from aorta
Brachiocephalic trunk - main artery to head
Left subclavian - armpit/front leg - second vessel from aorta
Spinal arteries - from the thoracic aorta |
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Right and left common cacarotid
Right subclavian |
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Renal
Ovarian or testicular
Unpaired
External lilac - legs - pulse
Internal illac
Coccygeal - tail - pulse/blood pressure |
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Dog - 60 - 160
Cat - 120 - 180
Bigger dog, slower pulse
pulse on tongue |
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Femoral
Pedal - foot
Carotid
Sub-lingual - under tongue |
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Endothelial cells
CO2, oxygen, waste exchange, internal respiration
Simple squamous
In lungs - external respiration |
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Low pressure
Carry deoxygenated blood to the heart
Afferent
Valves that keep from backflow |
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Cranial vena cava - head to heart
Caudal vena cave - body to heart
Coronary veins - heart to vena cava |
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Dog - jugular/cephalic/saphenous
Cat - jugular/cephalic/femoral/saphenous
Cattle - jugular/coccygeal
Horses - jugular
Rodents - coccygeal
Rabbits - saphenous/jugular/cephalic |
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| blood vessels that transport blood from the capillaries in the intestines to the capillaries in the liver |
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Collects blood from pancreas, spleen, and GI tact
Terminates in the liver
Branches into hepatic sinusoids |
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| Remove some of the products of digestion in the blood |
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