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Arterioscheleriosis
- -Hardening of the arteries.
- -Greatly increases resistance to blood flow, causing the heart to work harder
Atherosclerosis
- -Deposition of materials in the walls of arteries.
- -Affects larger arteries and veins.
- -resrtict blood flow through vessels.
Aneurysm

Bulging at a weak spot in a blood vessels wall.
Embolism

-Fragments of thromboses that break free and travel around in the body
Layers of blood vessel walls
- -tunica intima- innermost layer
- -tunica media
- -tunica adventica- outer most layer
Tunica intima
- -innermost layer of blood vessel wall.
- -endothelial tissue
tunica media
- -middle layer of blood vessel wall.
- -composed mostly of smooth muscle or elastic tissues
tunica adventica
- -outermost layer
- -connective tissue

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circulation blood

Updated

2012-02-13T00:44:31Z

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