1. Structures of the circulatory system
Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
Did you know your heart is the size of your fist?
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2. Structures of the circulatory system
ARTERIES
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3. Vessels of the circulatory system
ARTERIES
Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the capillaries
Elastic, muscular and thick-walled
Transport blood under very high pressure
Arteries > arterioles > capillaries
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4. Vessels of the circulatory system
Arteries
Arterial blood
Oxygen rich
Bright red, spurts
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5. Structures of the circulatory system
VEINS
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6. Vessels of the circulatory system
Arteries
Femoral
Carotid
Vertebral
Brachiochephalic
Iliac
Axillary
Renal
Super mesenteric
Brachial
Radial
Celiac
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7. Vessels of the circulatory system
VEINS
Carry deoxygenated blood away from capillaries to the heart
Veins contain a muscular layer, but less elastic and muscular than arteries
Thin walled veins collapse easily when not filled with blood
Veins have valves that permit flow of blood only in direction of the heart
Veins < Venules < Capillaries
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8. Vessels of the circulatory system
Veins
Jugular
Hepatic
Renal
Femoral
Splenic
Supermessenteric
Iliac
Great Saphenous
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9. Structures of the circulatory system
Capillaries
The smallest blood vessels
Connect arterioles to venules
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Pulse sites
Alternating expansion and contraction of an artery as blood flows through it.
Radial
Temporal
Brachial
Ulnar
Facial
Carotid
Popliteal
Femoral
tibialis
dorsalis pedis
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Common pulse sites
Practice locating pulse sites...
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13. Pulse Rate and Questions
Use page 431 in Red Book for Step by Step Instructions
What was the most difficult pulse to find?
Which pulse point was the strongest, why?
Which was the weakest, why?
Which pulse point do physicians/nurses use most commonly, why?
Pulse Location
Where is this pulse point?
What was your pulse per minute
Brachial
Femoral
Carotid
Popliteal
Dorsalis Pedis
Temporal
Radial