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    Circulatory System

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    The document discusses the circulatory system and includes images and descriptions of different circulatory structures at various magnifications, including capillaries and metarterioles, medium arteries and veins, the aorta, and the heart. It also provides a glossary of circulatory system terms such as the different layers of blood vessels, types of arteries and veins, microvasculature components like arterioles and capillaries, lymphatic system structures, and parts of the heart.

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    The document discusses the circulatory system and includes images and descriptions of different circulatory structures at various magnifications, including capillaries and metarterioles, medium arteries and veins, the aorta, and the heart. It also provides a glossary of circulatory system terms such as the different layers of blood vessels, types of arteries and veins, microvasculature components like arterioles and capillaries, lymphatic system structures, and parts of the heart.

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    The document discusses the circulatory system and includes images and descriptions of different circulatory structures at various magnifications, including capillaries and metarterioles, medium arteries and veins, the aorta, and the heart. It also provides a glossary of circulatory system terms such as the different layers of blood vessels, types of arteries and veins, microvasculature components like arterioles and capillaries, lymphatic system structures, and parts of the heart.

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    Circulatory System

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    Сirculatory system

    Blood capillary & metarteriole (Mesentery spread, H&E, ×400)

    Details to sign:

    1. Capillary
    2. Basement membrane
    3. Endothelial cell`s nuclei
    4. Pericyte`s nuclei
    5. Metarteriole
    6. Endothelial cell`s nuclei
    7. Smooth muscle cell`s
    nuclei
    8. Connective tissue cell`s
    nuclei
    Сirculatory system

    Medium size artery & vein (H&E, ×40)

    Details to sign:

    1. Lumen of artery
    2. Lumen of vein
    3. Tunica intima
    4. Tunica media
    5. Tunica adventitia
    6. Internal elastic lamina
    7. External elastic lamina
    8. Smooth muscle cells
    9. Adipocytes
    Сirculatory system

    Elastic artery – Aorta (Resorcin-fuchsin stain, ×100)

    Details to sign:

    1. Lumen of aorta
    2. Tunica intima
    3. Tunica media
    4. Tunica adventitia
    5. Fenestrated
    elastic laminae
    6. Vasa vasorum
    Сirculatory system

    Heart (Longitudinal & cross sections, H&E, ×100)

    Details to sign:

    1. Contractile
    cardiomyocytes,
    longitudinal section
    2. Contractile
    cardiomyocytes,
    cross section
    3. Intercalated discs
    4. Cardiac muscle
    cell`s nuclei
    5. Blood vessels
    6. Conducting system
    fibers (Purkinje
    fibers)
    7. Endocardium
    8. Endothelial cells
    Circulatory system: Glossary of terms
    Pulmonary circulation Lymphatic vascular system
    Systemic circulation Lymphatics (Lymphatic capillaries)
    Lymphatic vessels
    Vasculature Valves
    Tunica intima Thoracic duct
    Endothelial cells Right lymphatic duct
    Tunica media
    Tunica adventitia Heart
    Arteries Endocardium
    Large elastic arteries Endothelium
    Medium-sized muscular Myocardium
    Small arteries Contractile (typical) cardiomyocytes
    Microvasculature Conducting (atypical) cardiomyocytes
    Arterioles Secretory atrial cardiomyocytes
    Metarterioles Epicardium
    Capillaries Mesothelium
    Continuous capillaries Pericardium
    Fenestrated capillaries Cardiac conducting system
    Sinusoids (discontinuous) Sinoatrial node
    Pericytes (Marchand`s cells) Atrioventricular node
    Venules Atrioventricular bundle of His
    Postcapillary venules Purkinje fibers (subendocardial
    conducting network)
    Arteriovenous anastomoses (shunts)
    Cardiac skeleton
    Venous portal system
    Veins
    Small
    Medium
    Large
    Valves

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